Mara Brock Akil’s New Novel About Betrayal, Shame & Redemption with Oprah
Mara Brock Akil, the acclaimed television creator behind Girlfriends, Being Mary Jane, and Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias, discusses her debut novel, The Revelation of Dionne Daphne, in a deeply personal conversation with Oprah Winfrey. The novel follows a young Black woman in 1990s New
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