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Caribbean mermaids and evil spirits with Tracey Baptiste

On the Why We Write podcast: Tracey Baptiste talks about her popular Jumbies series, diversity in publishing, and her New York Times op-ed on mermaids.

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Episode notes

Trinidad native Tracey Baptiste recently published her third book in her middle grade Jumbies series. In this episode, she speaks with our MFA in Creative Writing Director Danielle Legros Georges about running wild in Trinidad as a kid, her writing, and diversity in publishing.

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If you enjoyed Danielle's interview style, check out our episodes with poet and independent publisher Enzo Silon Surin and Richard Blanco, who wrote the inauguration poem for President Barak Obama.

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