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Front Row: BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan

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21/08/2018

BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan

Spike Lee's film BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan.

Spike Lee's film BlacKkKlansman reviewed, Helen Lederer on a new women's comedy fiction prize, Esi Edugyan on her novel Washington Black, Alison Brackenbury on her poem's progress.

Spike Lee's new film BlacKkKlansman is based on a true story from the 1970s. John David Washington plays Ron Stallworth the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself he sets out on a dangerous mission to infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. Natty Kasambala reviews.

Canadian author Esi Edugyan on her Man Booker Prize long-listed novel, Washington Black. A historical adventure, set in the early 19th century, it's the story of a young slave who flees Barbados with an abolitionist inventor.

Poet Alison Brackenbury tells us how she is getting on with her commission to write a poem for our Inspire season. 

Comedian Helen Lederer returns to stand-up comedy and launches Comedy Women in Print, a competition to encourage funny female fiction.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Harry Parker.

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