• WATCH: Terrion Williamson on Narratives of the George Floyd Protests

    In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell on Fiction/Non/Fiction Live

    The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked nationwide protests and a reckoning with racism and police brutality. In this episode, University of Minnesota professor and author Terrion Williamson talks with Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about her recent Belt Magazine essay, in which she writes about the parallels between George Floyd’s killing and the 2010 death of David Cornelius Smith, a Black man who moved from her hometown to the Twin Cities.

    Head here to listen to the full interview on the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast.


    Fiction Non Fiction
    Fiction Non Fiction
    Hosted by Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan, Fiction/Non/Fiction interprets current events through the lens of literature, and features conversations with writers of all stripes, from novelists and poets to journalists and essayists.





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