White Teeth: Sharmaine Lovegrove on Zadie Smith’s Literary Debut

The new millennium brought with it a fresh wave of optimism and excitement for the future. Zadie Smith's best selling debut novel White Teeth embodied this mood and symbolised a changing of the guard. Smith was lauded with critical acclaim and lavished with media attention — an overnight literary sensation at just 24 years old. With special guest Sharmaine Lovegrove, publisher at Dialogue Books, we explore the impact of the novel and the legacy of its author. Content Warning: Mention of suicide   Got a favourite culture moment from 2000 you want us to talk about? Suggest an episode idea here.  You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram Follow Sharmaine on Twitter here. Find out more about the Black Writers Guild here.    Select books Sharmaine mentions in the episode:  The Lonely Londoners, Sam Selvon Second Class Citizen, Buchi Emecheta The Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureishi The Black Album, Hanif Kureishi Blonde Roots, Bernardine Evaristo Girl, Woman, Other,  Bernardine Evaristo Queenie, Candice Carty Williams Bridget Jones Diary, Helen Fielding   Select work by Zadie Smith referenced:  Fences: A Brexit Diary, NY Books Stormzy at Glastonbury Intimations Sharmaines question to Zadie in the Guardian   Clips Used:  Tony Blair wins landslide general election win for Labour (1997) - Newsnight archives America's Internet Trading Boom (1990) -   Journeyman Pictures Tony Blair on immigration (2004) -  London Business School Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices