EPISODE · Feb 27, 2026 · 1H 3M
Dignity or Survival? Two Writers Confront Freedom Under Pressure
from Writer's Voice · host Francesca Rheannon
Political philosopher Lea Ypi reflects on dignity, archives, and the manipulation of history in Indignity. Then Eleanor Shearer brings us into the world of the Jamaican Maroons exiled to Nova Scotia in Fireflies in Winter — a novel about freedom, queer love, and the moral cost of survival.
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