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“Every lie you tell, every secret you keep, is a fragile little thing that must be protected and accounted for…”
In this episode Lissa talks with author Wanda M. Morris about her crime thriller, debut novel, All Her Little Secrets
Morris is a corporate attorney who has worked in the legal departments for several Fortune 100 companies. An accomplished presenter and leader, Morris has previously served as the President of the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and is the founder of its Women’s Initiative, an empowerment program for female in-house lawyers. An alumna of the Yale Writer’s Workshop and Robert McKee’s Story Seminar, she is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America and Crime Writers of Color.
“Every lie you tell, every secret you keep, is a fragile little thing that must be protected and accounted for…” In this episode Lissa talks with author Wanda M. Morris about her crime thriller, debut novel, All Her Little Secrets Morris is a corporate attorney who has worked in the legal departments for several Fortune 100 companies.
Wanda Reads
5:19 and 21:22
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Lissa and Wanda discuss and reference Kimberle’ Crenshaw’s Intersectionality
There may not be a word in American conservatism more hated right now than “intersectionality.” On the right, intersectionality is seen as ” the new caste system ” placing nonwhite, non-heterosexual people on top. To many conservatives, intersectionality means “because you’re a minority, you get special standards, special treatment in the eyes of some.”
Wanda M. Morris’ All Her Little Secrets is a carefully constructed thriller wrapped in a narrative about racism, gentrification, and being the only Black person in an all-white environment. It’s also a story about how we can move away from home and try to change who we are, but we’re almost always unable to escape the past.
