Addie E. Citchens Wrote a Novel That Moves with a Teenager's Sense of Urgency

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rooted.substack.comOur Bottom Reader Book Club Discussion with Addie Citchens was so good it included a spontaneous bursting into song! I loved chatting with Addie and Talamieka about Dominion, a fast-paced, thrilling drama set in a fictional Delta town that is closely modeled on Clarksdale, MS. Talamieka and I both found the book totally immersive despite having completely different entry points and perspectives to draw from. During our conversation, we talked about power dynamics in small towns, why it took so long for Addie to figure out the ending of the book, and vulnerability and validation in fiction. I’ll share some clips below, but this is definitely a conversation you’ll want to enjoy in full!You can listen to these book club recordings in the Substack app, in your web browser, or on Spotify. Subscribe to the show on Spotify to get notifications when new episodes are released. Recorded book club conversations are only available to paid subscribers, but the live book club sessions will continue to be free and open to all readers.Thank you Psychedelic Literature, Natalie, MS Liner Notes, Randi, Dorothy Abbott, and many others for tuning into my live video with Talamieka Brice and Addie E. Citchens! Join me for my next live video in the app.Addie on exploring power and “relative power” reveal about character:Why Addie thinks you should judge her hometown:Why the ending of the book felt impossible to write:Bottom Reader Book club is continuing in 2026…Read along with us!January 27 at 7pm CT: Biography of X by Catherine Lacey with Leslie Barker and Talamieka BriceFebruary 24 at 7pm CT: When It’s Darkness on the Delta with author W. Ralph Eubanks and Talamieka BriceMarch: Foxes for Everybody: Twenty-Four Hours of Early Motherhood with author Catherine Pierce