Memoirist and essayist Shannon Luders-Manuel joined us for Episode 7 of Season One of Black Writers Read. Shannon Luders-Manuel is a West Coast writer, editor, and sensitivity reader. She received her master's in English literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Real Simple, among others. She is currently represented by Chase Literary Agency for her memoir about growing up mixed race, coming in and out of conservative Christianity, and her complicated relationship with her absent, alcoholic father. During this episode, Shannon read from her essay, "Rediscovering My Father," which was published in the New York Times in 2019.
To read the essay in its entirety, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/well/family/memory-photos-family-alcoholism.html.
Find Shannon on Instagram: @shannon_luders_manuel
