Alexandra Sheppard: “You’re like a Rorschach test for everyone else’s projections”

The author on quantifying the unquantifiable, erasing mixes and race being the least interesting thing about her

Hi, welcome back to Mixed Messages! This week I’m speaking to author Alexandra Sheppard, who is of white British and Jamaican heritage. Alexandra has explored mixedness in her work, including Oh My Gods, and her new book Friendship Never Ends is out on Thursday. I loved speaking to Alexandra about how Black writers influenced her, and loved how she chal…