Speaking in First Draft

While our last episode left off in contemporary Harlem, this week’s episode takes us to Paris during the French Revolution. Mentor Nola Solomon reads a chilling excerpt of her historical fiction piece, “The Gentleman of Paris,” and talks to Mentee Colette Holcomb about how a trip to a torture museum in Bruges, Belgium, inspired her latest project. Together, Nola and Colette discuss how to write fictional narratives about real people, and why the themes of the French Revolution are still relevant today.

Music by Jaya Rao-Herel