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Zambian-American writer Namwali Serpell's 2019 novel The Old Drift was hailed by Salman Rushdie as "a dazzling debut." It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction and was named a notable book of the year by the New York Times Book Review, Time magazine, The Atlantic and NPR. Her time-bending new work, The Furrows, takes a deep dive into love and loss, memory and mourning.

From tall tales to The Twilight Zone, Jason Mott likes stories about the real world turned slightly on its ear. His latest novel, Hell of a Book, is a bold mix of absurdist farce and powerful reflections on racism and police violence. Strikingly original and remarkably affecting, it won the 2021 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. *Note: The audio for this episode was recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown and contains occasional low-level equipment-related distortion.

Brazil Inside Out, Pt. 2: with José Padilha. Today on Writers & Company, our special Brazil series continues with filmmaker José Padilha. His documentaries have tackled crime and corruption. His latest project - RoboCop!

CELEBRATE A VICTORY & SPEAKOUT AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY/ Two police officers were found guilty of beating-up union and political activist Mark Curtis./ *Mark Curtis, a packinghouse worker and a political activist in Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested, severely beaten and framed up on false rape and burglary charges by the Des Moines police on March 4, 1988. He was active in a fight for immigrant workers' rights at the time of his arrest. Mark was convicted in an unjust trial and is now…