Bernadine Evaristo
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I cried after I won the Booker.
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What does love feel like?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Yesterday – I’m bipolar.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2022 source ↗
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