A Twentieth Century History of 'Passing' & Performing Identity: Passing by Nella Larsen & The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Content warning: discussion of racism

*Please note I've mistakenly called Allyson Hobbs, Allyson Bell for the duration of the podcast, my apologies*

This month on the Writing Women Podcast, I look at this history of 'passing' in twentieth century literature from classic texts like Nella Larsen's 1929 'Passing' to how Brit Bennett's 2020 'The Vanishing Half' answers back and adapts to the long history of texts that have come before.

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Links:

https://text.npr.org/1054025599

Allyson Hobbs, A Chosen Exile.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toyjv27q17E&ab_channel=EmoryUniversity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nella_Larsen

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/04/vanishing-half-brit-bennett-review-twin-struggle-pass-white-new-orleans

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/books/review-vanishing-half-brit-bennett.html

https://text.npr.org/868197705

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/brit-bennett-reimagines-the-literature-of-passing

https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/11/21285597/vanishing-half-review-brit-bennett

https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/9/2/21406088/brit-bennett-interview-watch-live-vanishing-half-vox-book-club

https://www.vox.com/culture/21377648/vanishing-half-brit-bennett-toni-morrison-oral-tradition-judylyn-ryan