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Writer Quiara Alegría Hudes On 'White Hot' Rage

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright has written a debut novel that asks a provocative question: What if a woman claimed the right to a spiritual quest like men have done for centuries in literature? 'The White Hot' follows a young mother from Philadelphia who walks away from everything to find herself. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about her antihero April, her collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda on 'In The Heights,' and her mother's spiritual gifts.

Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews the mystery novel 'Even the Dead,' by John Banville.