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When a racially segregated community is suddenly forced to integrate high schools, it inextricably intertwines families on opposite sides of the divide.

How two of those families navigate the chaos — and its ripple effects for years to come — is at the heart of Naima Coster's novel, “

Coster joined MPR News host Kerri Miller for the 

2021 Talking Volumes series, Talking Race

. We hope it will whet your appetite for Miller’s conversation with 

 this coming Friday, when they will talk about his book, “

How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

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This Friday, Big Books and Bold Ideas will feature Clint Smith, celebrated author of “How the Word is Passed,” which powerfully examines the legacy of slavery in America. Kerri Miller’s conversation with Naima Coster in 2021 trod a similar path, only Coster used a fiction lens to look at effects of segregation in her novel, “What’s Mine and Yours.” 

This Friday, Big Books and Bold Ideas will feature Clint Smith, celebrated author of “How the Word is Passed,” which powerfully examines the legacy of slavery in America. Kerri Miller’s conversation with Naima Coster in 2021 treads a similar path, only Coster uses a fiction lens to look at effects of segregation in her novel, “What’s Mine and Yours.”

From the archives: Naima Coster on her novel 'What's Mine and Yours'

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