Mar 24, 2023
Desiree Cooper was once a Detroit
Free Press columnist,
a Pulitzer Prize nominee, a
Kresge Artist Fellow, an
attorney and now she’s a children’s book author – which explains
why she considers herself “genre agnostic.”
The latest author to share her story on the Make Meaning Podcast, Desiree started writing professionally before social media was a thing, and readers regularly sent her letters and pictures in response to her columns. Her children’s book NOTHING SPECIAL was three years in the making – and it might be her best creation yet.
In this episode, host Lynne Golodner interviews Desiree Cooper about how much books ignited her when she was a child, the friendship between her grandson and her father, moving from Detroit to Virginia to care for her parents, and the fabrication artist who helped bring her book to life.
In this episode, Lynne and Desiree discuss:
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