Plum Bun
Novel by Jessie R. FausetWikipedia
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Nov 3, 2026
Anne FernaldGUEST
And she just had to kind of do a kind of polite golf clap and seethe.
Uli BaerHOST
And Plum Bun is the novel that sort of puts it on the map.
Uli BaerHOST
It's about a young woman who moves from Philadelphia to the city, to New York, right? And tell us sort of the outline of the novel.
Uli BaerHOST
And it's really a great and important American book.
Uli BaerHOST
I remember reading it a long time ago.
Anne FernaldGUEST
fantastic it's fantastic it's an incredible novel of race passing it's not stylistically as elegant as Nella Larson's passing or Quicksand it's not as frequently taught Larson writes novellas they're shorter they're easier to teach Plumbun is longer There are a couple really incredible innovations in Plum Bun in terms of plot, because Plum Bun tells a story of sisters, one who can pass and one who can't.
Anne FernaldGUEST
The one who can pass moves to New York, lives in the village, is living as white, has an affair with a white man.
Anne FernaldGUEST
He's a terrible racist, very, very rich.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And she just had to kind of, you know, do a kind of polite golf clap and seethe.
Uli BaerHOST
And Plum Bun is the novel that sort of puts it on the map.
Uli BaerHOST
It's about a young woman who moves from Philadelphia to the city, to New York, right? And tell us sort of the outline of the novel.
Uli BaerHOST
And it's really a great and important American book.
Anne FernaldGUEST
They're easier to teach.
Anne FernaldGUEST
Plumbun is longer.
Anne FernaldGUEST
There are a couple really incredible innovations in Plum Bun in terms of plot, because Plum Bun tells a story of sisters, one who can pass and one who can't.
Anne FernaldGUEST
The one who can pass moves to New York, lives in the village, is living as white, has an affair with a white man.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And she just had to kind of do a kind of polite golf clap and seethe.
Uli BaerHOST
And Plum Bun is the novel that sort of puts it on the map.
Uli BaerHOST
It's about a young woman who moves from Philadelphia to the city, to New York, right? And tell us sort of the outline of the novel.
Uli BaerHOST
And it's really a great and important American book.
Anne FernaldGUEST
They're easier to teach.
Anne FernaldGUEST
Plumbun is longer.
Anne FernaldGUEST
There are a couple really incredible innovations in Plum Bun in terms of plot, because Plum Bun tells a story of sisters, one who can pass and one who can't.
Anne FernaldGUEST
The one who can pass moves to New York, lives in the village, is living as white, has an affair with a white man.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And she just had to kind of do a kind of polite golf clap and seethe.
Uli BaerHOST
And Plum Bun is the novel that sort of puts it on the map.
Uli BaerHOST
It's about a young woman who moves from Philadelphia to the city, to New York, right? And tell us sort of the outline of the novel.
Uli BaerHOST
And it's really a great and important American book.
Anne FernaldGUEST
They're easier to teach.
Anne FernaldGUEST
Plumbun is longer.
Anne FernaldGUEST
There are a couple really incredible innovations in Plum Bun in terms of plot, because Plum Bun tells a story of sisters, one who can pass and one who can't.
Anne FernaldGUEST
The one who can pass moves to New York, lives in the village, is living as white, has an affair with a white man.