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Booker Prize finalist Caryl Phillips joins Radhika Jones, former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, for a conversation about his recent novel, Another Man in the Street.
At the height of the Swinging Sixties, a young immigrant arrives in London from the Caribbean with dreams of becoming a journalist in the “mother country.” Spanning nearly half a century, set against the backdrop of a nation that is slowly and reluctantly evolving into a modern multiracial society, what follows is a tragic love story that only Phillips could tell — epic in its sweep and devastatingly intimate in its portrayal of damaged lives caught between two worlds.
In a conversation with Radhika Jones, hear Phillips discuss the inspiration for this luminous new novel — the traumas that overtake personal relationships in the wake of societal transformation, the high price of attempting to reinvent oneself, and much more.
Recorded May 6, 2026 at The 92nd Street Y, New York.
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Booker Prize finalist Caryl Phillips joins Radhika Jones, former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, for a conversation about his recent novel, Another Man in the Street.
At the height of the Swinging Sixties, a young immigrant arrives in London from the Caribbean with dreams of becoming a journalist in the “mother country.” Spanning nearly half a century, set against the backdrop of a nation that is slowly and reluctantly evolving into a modern multiracial society, what follows is a tragic love story that only Phillips could tell — epic in its sweep and devastatingly intimate in its portrayal of damaged lives caught between two worlds.
In a conversation with Radhika Jones, hear Phillips discuss the inspiration for this luminous new novel — the traumas that overtake personal relationships in the wake of societal transformation, the high price of attempting to reinvent oneself, and much more.
Recorded May 6, 2026 at The 92nd Street Y, New York.
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