2022 Debut: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan's 'Big Girl'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Aug 16, 2022

A new coming-of-age novel, Big Girl, tells the story of eight-year-old Malaya Clondon in a rapidly gentrifying 1990s Harlem. Author Mecca Jamilah Sullivan joins us to discuss her debut novel as part of our ongoing series, 2022 Debuts.

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