'Colored Television' author Danzy Senna has to write herself into ... - NPR
WEBSep 3, 2024 · When Donald Trump attacked Kamala Harris’ biracial identity earlier this summer, writer Danzy Senna wasn’t surprised.
'Colored Television' review: Danzy Senna's satire of post-post …
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Danzy Senna's new novel is an exhilarating yet poignant riff on the struggling artist as a wannabe middle-aged sellout. The writing is endlessly quotable and meaningfully provocative.
Danzy Senna Discusses ‘Colored Television’ - The New York Times
WEBSep 1, 2024 · Senna jokes that she’s lost count of the number of dinner parties she’s “ruined” by outing herself as a Black woman, after listening to white guests speak disparagingly of other races.
Danzy Senna - Wikipedia
WEBDanzy Senna (born September 13, 1970) is an American novelist and essayist. She is the author of six books and numerous essays about race, gender and American identity, including Caucasia (1998), Symptomatic (2003), New People (2017), named by Time as one of the Top Ten Novels of the year, [2] and Colored Television (2024).
'I want to write myself into existence,' says 'Colored Television' …
WEBSep 3, 2024 · When Donald Trump attacked Kamala Harris’ biracial identity earlier this summer, writer Danzy Senna wasn’t surprised. "She was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she went- she became a Black person," Trump said, falsely characterizing the way Harris has spoken about her biracial background.
Danzy Senna Writes Herself (And Other Mixed-Race People) Into …
WEBSep 3, 2024 · Novelist Danzy Senna spoke with Terry Gross about racial identity, growing up with a Black father and white mother in an era when "mixed-race" wasn't a thing.
Danzy Senna Reveals the Cover of Her Next Novel, Colored Television - ELLE
WEBJan 29, 2024 · Danzy Senna Reveals the Cover of Her Next Novel, Colored Television. In the Caucasia author’s magnetic upcoming book, a troubled novelist tries her hand at Hollywood. By Lauren Puckett-Pope ...
The Writer Danzy Senna on Kamala Harris and the Complexity of …
WEBSep 3, 2024 · In fiction and nonfiction, the author Danzy Senna focusses on the experience of being biracial in a nation long obsessed with color lines. Now that Kamala Harris is the Democratic candidate for...
Danzy Senna Is Amused by Your Mixed Feelings | The New Yorker
WEBSep 3, 2024 · Danzy Senna on Kamala Harris. Senna loves the word “mulatto,” despite its checkered history. “Biracial,” she says, “sounds very technical and insect-like,” and …
Why Danzy Senna says writing ‘Colored Television’ was a struggle
WEBSep 4, 2024 · In Danzy Senna’s provocative and funny new novel, “Colored Television,” a writer named Jane is at the end of her rope – and it’s fraying badly.