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The Cultural Frontline: Jenny Slate: Writing my fear

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Jenny Slate: Writing my fear

11/01/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, Jenny Slate: Writing my fear

The US comedian Jenny Slate on her new book, Little Weirds.

Can you create great art out of fear and anxiety? The American comedian Jenny Slate reveals how she was driven to write a weird and wonderful collection of essays by despair, divorce and the election of Donald Trump.

The award-winning writer Jeet Thayil talks to Tina about grappling with grief in his latest book, the darkly comic yet personal novel Low.  It’s a work which draws on Jeet’s own feelings of grief,  as the central character embarks on a rollercoaster of a weekend in Bombay in an attempt to forget his pain and feel closer to his dead wife.

We hear from the digital artist and video game designer Dan Hett on how he was driven to create a series of video games tackling the issue of grief and loss following the death of his brother Martyn in the Manchester Arena bombing.

Plus Nigerian actor and singer David Jones David on why he has picked up the mic to sing and speak out against drug addiction.

Presented by Tina Daheley.

Image: Jenny Slate
Image credit: Cassie Wright/Getty Images for SXSW

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