Morgan Jerkins (with Phoebe Robinson)

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Phoebe  Robinson interviews Morgan Jerkins about  her fiction debut: a family saga filled with secrets, betrayal, and magic.

Following the critical and popular success of her first two books of nonfiction, New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins returns with her electrifying fiction debut, Caul Baby, a family saga filled with secrets, betrayal, intrigue, and magic. The novel tells the story of the Melancons, an old and powerful Harlem family known for their caul, a precious layer of skin that is the secret source of their healing power, and of the women whose desires for motherhood, success, and freedom entangle them with the mysterious family&#x27;s fate. Engrossing and unique, Caul Baby illuminates the search for familial connection, the enduring power of tradition, and the dark corners of the human heart. Phoebe Robinson, bestselling author of Everything&#x27;s Trash, But It&#x27;s Okay and star of 2 Dope Queens, joins Jerkins in conversation. Greenlight is thrilled to partner with publisher HarperCollins to provide access to this exclusive reading and conversation event.All tickets include access to the event and a hardcover copy of Caul Baby for store pickup or shipping (shipping available in the US only), along with a bookplate signed by Morgan Jerkins (shipped separately). Note pickup and shipping options when purchasing tickets. Ticketholders will receive an exclusive login link from HarperCollins / Crowdcast one day before the event, and again immediately preceding the event.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Morgan Jerkins is a New York Times bestselling author and Senior Editor at ZORA Magazine of Medium. She is the New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America, which was longlisted for PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay and a Barnes &amp; Noble Discover Pick, and Wandering In Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots. She holds a BA in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. A recently named Forbes 30 under 30 Leader in Media, Jerkins regularly teaches at Columbia University’s School of the Arts in the Nonfiction department. Born and raised in Southern New Jersey, she’s currently based in Harlem and at work on television and film projects.ABOUT THE INTERVIEWER:Phoebe Robinson is a multi-talented stand-up comedian, New York Times best-selling writer, and actress. She is best known as the co-creator and co-star of the hit WNYC Studios podcast 2 Dope Queens, which was turned into eight one-hour, critically-acclaimed HBO specials. She’s also a New York Times best-selling author of the books Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay and You Can’t Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain. Additionally, Phoebe was a staff writer on the final season of Portlandia, hosted the critically-acclaimed podcast Sooo Many White Guys, starred in the movies Ibiza and What Men Want, and was a five-time moderator on Michelle Obama&#x27;s international Becoming book tour. Most recently, she founded Tiny Reparations, a production company under ABC Studios, and TinyRep’s first project, a talk show entitled Doing the Most w/Phoebe Robinson, will premiere in 2021 on Comedy Central.

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