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EPISODE · Aug 29, 2025 · 58 MIN

Deep Reading and Deep Writing with Tembe Denton Hurst

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Welcome back to Sylly, a podcast for the curious and critical. We’re your hosts, Mbiye Kasonga and Tembe Denton-Hurst. In episode nine, we’re throwing it back to the very first podcast we ever recorded together. I (Mbiye) interviewed Tembe for my book podcast Unbound last summer. We dove deep into Tembe’s debut novel, Homebodies, her early reading habits, and her writing practice.As always, if there’s anything you want us to talk about on the pod during our office hours, email us at: [email protected]. Thanks for listening, and we’ll be back with a new episode in a couple of weeks! Books We Talked AboutErasure by Percival EverettHere Comes The Sun by Nicole Dennis-BennTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaHomebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Sylly, a podcast for the curious and critical. We’re your hosts, Mbiye Kasonga and Tembe Denton-Hurst. In episode nine, we’re throwing it back to the very first podcast we ever recorded together. I (Mbiye) interviewed Tembe for my book podcast Unbound last summer. We dove deep into Tembe’s debut novel, Homebodies, her early reading habits, and her writing practice.As always, if there’s anything you want us to talk about on the pod during our office hours, email us at: [email protected]. Thanks for listening, and we’ll be back with a new episode in a couple of weeks! Books We Talked AboutErasure by Percival EverettHere Comes The Sun by Nicole Dennis-BennTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaHomebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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