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	Podcast:		Hidden Brain
	Episode:		The Untold Story Of Lyndie B. Hawkins
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		00:50:04
	Publish Date:		2020-07-20 23:11:41
	Description:		In 2019, a novel by a new author, Gail Shepherd, arrived in bookstores. The True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins tells the story of a young white girl growing up in the South. The book has been well received, but it is not the book Shepherd intended to write. In her original drafts, Shepherd, a white author, created a Lyndie who was Vietnamese-American, and dealing with issues of race in the deep South. This week we look at what it means to be a storyteller in a time of caustic cultural debate and ask when, if ever, is it okay to tell a story that is not your own?
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