Morgan Jerkins Memorializes a Swiftly-Changing Harlem in Her New Novel Caul Baby - a podcast by time.com

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Morgan Jerkins delights in finding the fantastical within the familiar. In her new novel, Caul Baby, everyday life takes on a surreal glow: a bodega covertly peddles mystical talismans; a brownstone visibly embodies its owners' secrets. And on that border between our world and her imagination, fantasy reveals a sometimes harsh truth about reality.