Kelli Jo Ford, author of Crooked Hallelujah, on Love and the End Times
Talking to Kelli Jo Ford, author of the novel Crooked Hallelujah
By LARB Radio HourSeptember 4, 2020
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Kelli Jo Ford, author of Crooked Hallelujah, on Love and the End Times
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Hosts Kate and Medaya talk to Kelli Jo Ford, author of the new novel, Crooked Hallelujah, a multi-generational story about Justine — a mixed-blood Cherokee woman — and her daughter Reney. Kelli Jo Ford, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, discusses her love of landscape, her childhood, and how she has come to consider about faith, even in the most difficult of times.
Also, Melissa Faliveno, author of the collection of essays Tomboyland, returns to recommend Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon.
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The LARB Radio Hour is hosted by Eric Newman, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf.