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Anita de Monte Laughs Last. The book sits on a shelf. An illustration of a woman's face peers through an archway.

Greta Johnsen

Anita de Monte Laughs Last. The book sits on a shelf. An illustration of a woman's face peers through an archway.

Greta Johnsen

Xochitl Gonzalez on art, belonging and nostalgia

Greta Johnsen

   

We unpack the week with Ronald Young Jr., host of Weight For It, and Arionne Nettles, head of Northwestern’s audio journalism program and author of the upcoming book We Are the Culture: Black Chicago’s Influence on Everything. We chat about the fallacy of airplane mode, tweens at Sephora and the popularity of owl ring bearers.

Plus, author Xochitl Gonzalez tells us about her new book Anita de Monte Laughs Last. Xochitl imbued the characters with aspects of her own life story, making it “a nightmare to write.” She tells us why it was also worth it.

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