The New Yorker Radio Hour

Growing Up with a Mother in Prison

May 12, 2026·24 min·4-min readnarrativeculture
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Harriet Clark's novel The Hill draws deeply from her own life, exploring the emotional and psychological landscape of a child whose mother is serving a life sentence for a politically charged crime. The conversation with Rachel Aviv, moderated by David Remnick, reveals how fiction allow

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Harriet Clark

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Harriet ClarkRachel AvivDavid RemnickJames Wood

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The Hillby Harriet Clark

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Book ReviewsBooksCriminal Justice ReformLong Form JournalismRacial JusticeTrue Crime

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