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Johny Pitts & Charlotte Proudman

Johny Pitts, Charlotte Proudman and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Claude McKay, CA MacKinnon and Mary Gaitskill. From 2020.

Writer Johny Pitts and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman join Harriett to discuss their favourite books by Claude McKay, CA MacKinnon and Mary Gaitskill

Romance in Marseilles by Claude McKay
Pub: Penguin

Butterfly Politics by Catharine A MacKinnon
Pub: Belknap Press

This is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill
Pub: Serpents Tail

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2020.

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