'A pleasure and an invigoration' Guardian ' A moving witty and seductive anthology' Financial
Times 'Every piece feels beautifully sewn together and complete' BERNARDINE EVARISTO
Crafted over twenty-five years I Want to Talk to You invites you into a conversation about
literature art and music identity grief and everything in between As a young journalist
Diana Evans was catapulted overnight into the role of culture editor going on to interview a
roster of stars including Lauryn Hill Viola Davis Alice Walker and Edward Enninful. In these
portraits of contemporary icons the author remains the observer. Alongside them in pieces
collected here for the first time we also see her turning the lens on herself. We watch as she
dances on stages in London and travels through Cuba. We sit beside her desk as she develops her
voice as a writer shaped by her love for Jean Rhys James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. We walk
by her side as she navigates the world - her family and the midlife sandwich reflections on
fashion yoga the British monarchy and lockdowns and the lasting impact of George Floyd and
Grenfell. 'Truly insightful conversational and unique... Absolutely brilliant' ORE
AGBAJE-WILLIAMS ' Intimate and moving... Elegant in tone and finely wrought in form' EKOW ESHUN
'A celebration of a career that has been anything but ordinary and an intellectual mind forever
evolving' CHARLIE BRINKHURST-CUFF
