LISTEN: Jefferson Exchange

Written By Tamika Thompson

I recently sat down with Mike Green of The Jefferson Exchange on NPR member station JPR to talk about THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS.

We discuss America's epidemic of gun violence, the need for safe neighborhoods, and how speculative fiction can tackle a deeply rooted social ill.

Listen here:

https://www.ijpr.org/podcast/the-jefferson-exchange/2026-04-27/tamika-thompson-ashland-event-hester-gardens

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