Soraya Palmer and The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts

"I was interested in stories with stories and how the family used folklore to approach conflict"



Soraya Palmer joins me from Brooklyn to discuss her debut novel, recently released in the UK, The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts, published by Serpent's Tail (more info here!).



We speak about hauntings, family narratives, and Anansi the animal trickster!





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Rippling Points:



Tales from the Caribbean: myth and folklore re-told in modern day Brooklyn



Life inside the multiverse: seeing different aspects of characters through time.

Reference Points

Writers

Toni Morrison



Film and TV

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Exorcist



Myths and Folklore

Anansi

Ol Higue

Rolling Calf