Show Notes
In One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with EGOT winner and New York Times No. 1 bestseller Viola Davis, who shares the book she says brought her “into consciousness,” what she’d like to ask Richard Wright, and why she chose to quote August Wilson after Michael B. Jordan’s iconic win.
Viola Davis’ One Nightstand picks: Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown
Black Boy by Richard Wright
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert
Judge Stone by Viola Davis and James Patterson
Viola’s new novel Judge Stone, a legal thriller co-written with James Patterson, is available everywhere now.
Credits Director of Photography: Marshall Stief Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez Producer: Aubree Lennon Editor: James Koroni
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