Colleen van Niekerk

from The Downtown Writers Jam · host Solid Listen

Author Colleen van Niekerk stopped by the Bunker to talk about her debut novel, A Conspiracy of Mothers (October, 2021), which blends together life in apartheid South Africa and northern Appalachia. And so, Colleen and Brad went on a deep exploration of Colleen's life growing up in Cape Town, her love all Tom Robbins and magic realism, and her journey exploring the world. (We had a long talk about parrots, but that's for another show!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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