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The Book Report: Kevin Smokler

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Kevin Smokler

The Book Report is a series where we talk to local authors about the books they love. Writer Kevin Smokler shared his pick - The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin - with Ninna Gaensler-Debs.

Click the audio player above to hear about the book. 

The Book Report is brought to you by KALW and the Litography Project, which is mapping the stories of San Francisco’s literary scene. It originally aired on November 3, 2014.

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Ninna Gaensler-Debs is the co-director of Uncuffed, the award-winning radio training program and podcast produced by incarcerated people in California prisons in collaboration with KALW Public Media. Uncuffed offers professional training to people in the carceral system so they can be empowered to tell their own stories.