Podcast appearances and mentions of Gloria Naylor

Every February, the United States celebrates Black History Month. But this year, the celebration might feel a bit different. On January 31st, the Department of Defense announced it would no longer use official resources to celebrate cultural awareness months, including Black History Month, which began the following day. That announcement came after the Trump administration's rollback of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives within the federal government. This hour, we’re joined by a panel of experts to talk about Black History Month and what it means today. GUESTS: Kevin Gaines: Julian Bond Professor of Civil Rights and Social Justice and Interim Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute at the University of Virginia. Christina Greer: Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University Michael Harriot: founder of ContrabandCamp and bestselling author of Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America In this episode, the guests mention several Black Americans who have made an impact on U.S. history. Here are some of the names if you want to learn more: Ella Baker, Mary McLeod Bethune, George Washington Carver, James Chaney, Septima Clark, John Henrik Clarke, David Dennis Sr, Fannie Lou Hamer, Steven Henson, bell hooks, Barbara Jordan, Garrett Morgan, Constance Baker Motley, Gloria Naylor, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Gloria Richardson, Amelia Boynton Robinson, Jo Ann Robinson, Cleveland Sellers, Robert Smalls, The students in the court case Edwards v. South Carolina, Ida B. Wells-BarnettSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we speak with Professor Randi Gill-Sadler about various published and unpublished works of writers and filmmakers Toni Cade Bambara and Gloria Naylor.  Randi Gill-Sadler is a teacher, scholar, and writer. She received her PhdD in English and her graduate certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the University of Florida. Her research and teaching interests include 20th century African American and Afro-Caribbean women's literature, U.S. Cultures of Imperialism, and theories of Black diasporic relation and anticolonialism. Her work has been published in Feminist Formations, Small Axe, Radical History Review, and Oxford American magazine. She is currently writing her first book which revisits the Black women's literary renaissance of the 1970s and 1980s  to explore how Black women writers like Paule Marshall, June Jordan, Gloria Naylor, and Toni Cade Bambara reckoned with African Americans' growing conscription into U.S. imperial exploits in their fiction, poetry, and film.  For this discussion Josh talks to Professor Gill-Sadler about how Bambara and Naylor navigated the academy, spaces of cultural production, while maintaining anti-imperialist politics, and putting their skills to work for local movements and causes, while also connecting the local to the international. Just a quick note that on the video side of things, due to a pipe leak my studio has been out of commission and will continue to be for about the next month. That's why we haven't been hosting livestreams recently. We hope to have that resolved by sometime in January and have plans to continue using the video form. But in the meantime we'll be releasing audio episodes. You can catch up on the 139 livestreams we hosted there over the past year at YouTube.com/@MAKCapitalism If you appreciate the work that we do, please consider becoming a patron of the show. You can do so for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism This episode is edited & produced by Aidan Elias. Music, as always, is by Televangel Links: "Taking Over, Living In: Black Feminist Geometry and the Radical Politics of Repair" by R. Gill-Sadler and Erica R. Edwards     "The Minister of Mercy is a Homegirl"     "Toward a Radical Cinematic Horizon: The Unrealized Works of Toni Cade Bambara and Gloria Naylor"    For another conversation on the Atlanta Missing & Kidnapped Children's Case (in the context of the context of the moral panic about kidnapping in the late 70's and 1980's), see our conversation with Paul Renfro on his book Stranger Danger.   

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1226, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: To The Mountaintop! 1: The Gouter Route is the most popular path from Chamonix up this "roof of Europe". Mont Blanc. 2: Washington State Route 706 will take you to the national park for your climb to the 14,410-foot top of this. Mount Rainier. 3: It takes about 6 hours to hike up this via the Yoshida Trail from the Subaru Line 5th Station. Mount Fuji. 4: The West Buttress Route is the standard way up this North American one of the 7 Summits. Denali. 5: The nearby village of Cevirme is a good place to start your ascent of this 16,900-foot Turkish peak. Ararat. Round 2. Category: February 1: As of Feb. 7, 1943, these were rationed to a limit of 3 leather pairs per civilian per year. shoes. 2: His Feb. 11, 1990 release from a South African jail after some 27 years made world headlines. (Nelson) Mandela. 3: Date of the next leap year day. February 29, 1992. 4: On February 23, 1863, Captains Speke and Grant announced they had found the source of this river. the Nile. 5: Congress established this National Park in Arizona February 26, 1919. the Grand Canyon. Round 3. Category: Track 1: On August 16, 1995 this country's Haile Gebrselassie set the world record in the 5,000-meter run at 12:44:39. Ethiopia. 2: The "anchor" for this type of event is no dead weight; he's usually the team's fastest runner. Relay race. 3: This track star's authorized hats and T-shirts sold in Europe and Asia proclaim him to be "King Carl". Carl Lewis. 4: This 3,000-meter event consists of 28 3-foot-high hurdles and 7 12-foot-long water jumps. steeplechase. 5: On June 1, 1997 Donovan Bailey defeated this sprinter in a special 150-meter match race to win $1.5 million. Michael Johnson. Round 4. Category: Cover Me 1: A bandage covering a wound, or a preparation covering a salad. dressing. 2: Used to prevent soil erosion, rye and buckwheat are alliteratively planted as "cover" these. crops. 3: "Easy, breezy, beautiful..." is a pitch of this makeup brand. Cover Girl. 4: An independent record label of yore, or a pupal covering for butterflies. a chrysalis. 5: In military slang, your "cover" refers to this article of clothing. a helmet (or hat). Round 5. Category: Hope You'Re Well Read... 1: In this 1903 book, Buck, a dog in California, is stolen and taken to the Klondike. The Call of the Wild. 2: In 1798 he wrote several poems, including "France: An Ode" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Coleridge. 3: Gloria Naylor took home a 1983 National Book Award for "The Women of" this "Place". Brewster Place. 4: A 1980 Mordecai Richler novel told about this character "Then and Now". Joshua. 5: With his Mommy Dearest, this Frances Hodgson Burnett title character moves to England and inherits a title. Little Lord Fauntleroy. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Hanif Abdurraqib (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction) joins Michael Kelleher to discuss his love for Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place, writing about cities, the importance of community, and more. Reading list:  The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor • Mama Day by Gloria Naylor • Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor • Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell • The Easy Rawlins novels by Walter Mosley • Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan For a full episode transcript, click here. Hanif Abdurraqib is the author of three critically acclaimed books of nonfiction and five poetry collections. A writer of extraordinary depth, style, and range, Abdurraqib is a public intellectual in the truest sense of the term, combining discursive flexibility with a profound emotional and intellectual rigor. In both his essays and in books like A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance (2021), Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest (2019), and They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (2017), Abdurraqib moves through a wide range of subjects—Michael Jackson and moon walks, Sun Ra and NASA missions—incorporating the personal and the political with both joy and seeming effortlessness. He is the recipient of an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction (2022), the Gordon Burn Prize (2021), and a MacArthur Fellowship (2021) among other honors. Abdurraqib is also the host of a weekly podcast called “Object of Sound” with Sonos Radio. The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast is a program of The Windham-Campbell Prizes, which are administered by Yale University Library's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Ep. 51 ⁠DuEwa⁠ interviewed author ⁠Courtney Thorsson⁠ about her new book, The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture (2024). Visit Courtney's website at ⁠www.CourtneyThorsson.com.⁠ Follow Nerdacity on IG @nerdacitypodcast and DuEwa IG @drduewawrites. www.duewaworld.com Tweet and follow on X @nerdacitypod1. Fan/follow Nerdacity on Facebook. Donate to Paypal.me/duewaworld  Bio ⁠Courtney Thorsson⁠ is an associate professor at the University of Oregon, where she teaches, studies, and writes about African American literature. Her first book ⁠Women's Work: Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women's Novels⁠ argues that Toni Cade Bambara, Paule Marshall, Gloria Naylor, Ntozake Shange, and Toni Morrison reclaim and revise cultural nationalism in their novels of the 1980s and 90s. Her writing has appeared in publications including Callaloo; African American Review; MELUS; Gastronomica; Contemporary Literature; Legacy; and Public Books. Her new book, ⁠The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture⁠ tells the story of how a remarkable community of Black women writers and intellectuals transformed political, literary, and academic cultures. She is the recipient of a Public Scholars Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of the research and writing of The Sisterhood.   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/duewafrazier/support

In Episode 163, Sara Hildreth, from @FictionMatters and co-host of the podcast Novel Pairings, returns for her third appearance on our show as our expert for Classics & Retellings 101. Sara guides us through the sometimes intimidating world of timeless reads in an accessible way. She busted some myths about classics and changed my mind about some elements of the classics. And, she has a great approach to find the perfect retelling of your favorite classics for your next read.  This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). CLICK HERE for the full episode Show Notes on the blog. Highlights Sara explores the definitions of a classic and a modern classic book. We talk about separating the American literature canon from the idea of a classic. Sara talks about being free to define classics on personal terms. The idea of a book being labeled a “future classic.” Now-famous books that went unnoticed initially when they were released. Sara's personal reading motivations. Common issues people have when trying to tackle classic books. Notable quirks of many classics that were first published as serials. Tips and advice for approaching older books. Addressing the pressure surrounding reading or revisiting classics. Examples of nonfiction classics. Legal considerations for all those retellings. The rise of retellings as a trend with today's audience. The difference between retellings and fan fiction. Sara's recommendations for accessible classic literature. A different approach to finding the right retelling for your reading. Please note: Sara mistakenly mentions during the discussion that The Great Gatsbydid not come into popularity until its distribution to soldiers during World War I, when this actually occurred during World War II. Sara's Book Recommendations [49:02] Two OLD Books She Loves — Classics The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:43] Passing by Nella Larson | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [53:12] Other Books Mentioned The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton [50:58] The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton [50:59] Roman Fever and Other Stories by Edith Wharton [51:03] The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett [55:44] Two NEW Books She Loves — Retellings Anna K by Jenny Lee | Amazon | Bookshop.org [57:35] The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vho | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:00:28] Other Books Mentioned Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy [59:01] Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar [59:53] Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan [59:58] One Book She DIDN'T Love — Classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain | Amazon | Bookshop.org[1:03:25] One NEW RELEASE She's Excited About — Retelling and Classic Pairing The Garden by Claire Beams (April 9, 2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:05:12] Other Books Mentioned The Illness Lesson by Claire Beams [1:05:37] Little Women by Louisa May Alcott [1:05:41] The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett [1:06:21] Last 5-Star Book Sara Read James by Percival Everett (March 19, 2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:07:47] Books Mentioned During the Classics Discussion The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe [3:44] Beloved by Toni Morrison [10:46] Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver [12:05] David Copperfield by Charles Dickens [12:19] James by Percival Everett (March 19, 2024) [13:29] Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain [13:34] Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys [13:51] Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë [14:02] The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald [14:45] Frankenstein by Mary Shelley [15:09] Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn [15:20] Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë [24:27] A Model of Christian Charity: A City on a Hill by John Winthrop [26:35] A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft [26:47] Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass [26:54] The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank [26:59] A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf [27:02] In Cold Blood by Truman Capote [27:14] The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith [29:13] The Time Machine by H. G. Wells [29:20] The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson [29:23] Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier [29:30] The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [29:36] The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor [29:45] The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell [30:17] The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman [30:20] The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson [30:23] The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick [30:26] Going to Meet the Man: Stories (with Sonny's Blues) by James Baldwin [30:37] Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance (with The Gilded Six-Bits) by Zora Neale Hurston [30:42] Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston [30:54] Kindred by Octavia E. Butler [31:00] Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler [31:08] Books Mentioned During the Retellings Discussion Julia by Sandra Newman [33:38] 1984 by George Orwell [33:40] Hamlet by William Shakespeare [34:10] Emma by Jane Austen [34:24] The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare [34:28] The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson [34:45] Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith [34:51] Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson [35:04] And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie [35:08] The Winters by Lisa Gabriele [35:35] The Odyssey by Homer [36:38] The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller [37:00] Circe by Madeline Miller [37:01] Hogarth Shakespeare series by various authors [37:53] Canongate Myth Series by various authors [37:57] The Austen Project series by various authors [38:00] Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld [38:03] Naamah by Sarah Blake [38:56] Anna K by Jenny Li [40:10] Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy [40:20] Tom Lake by Ann Patchett [40:41] Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor [42:36] Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes [44:14] Marmee by Sarah Miller [44:17] Little Women by Louisa May Alcott [44:22] Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell [44:38] Ruth's Journey: A Novel of Mammy from Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind by Donald McCaig [44:40] Pride by Ibi Zoboi [45:19] Other Links The Atlantic | Italo Calvino's 14 Definitions of What Makes a Classic by Maria Popova (July 7, 2012) Novel Pairings | The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (February 27, 2024) About Sara Hildreth Website | Instagram | Facebook  Sara Hildreth is the creator behind FictionMatters, a literary Instagram account, newsletter, and book club focused on putting thought-provoking books into the hands of adventurous readers. She also co-hosts Novel Pairings, a podcast dedicated to making the classics readable, relevant, and fun.

ABOUT JACKÉE HARRY Vivacious, witty, and completely unforgettable, Jackée Harry was born to entertain.Born Jacqueline Yvonne Harry on August 14, 1956 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and reared from the age of nine in Harlem, New York, by her mother, Flossie, Jackée landed the lead role of the King in her school's production of The King and I at the tender age of fourteen. Upon graduation from New York City's High School of Music and Art with a distinction in Opera, Jackée attended the University of Long Island, where she earned her B.A. in education. Jackée began her career as a history teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School but left after two years to pursue acting. She studied at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side and made her professional acting debut in 1973 in Richard Wesley's Goin' Through Changes; not long afterward, she made her Broadway debut in A Broadway Musical as Melinda Bernard. Other Broadway performances include The Wiz, Eubie!, and One Mo' Time. In 1983, Jackée made her first television appearance opposite Morgan Freeman in the daytime soap operaAnother World. A year later, she landed her iconic role of Sandra Clark on the NBC sitcom 227. As the breakout star of the series, Jackée became the first African American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and was also nominated for a Golden Globe. Her performance on227 inspired NBC producers to create a television pilot for her entitled Jackée. After departing from 227 in 1989, she starred opposite Oprah Winfrey in the critically acclaimed adaptation of Gloria Naylor's novelThe Women of Brewster Place. In 1991, Jackée joined an all-star cast led by Della Reese when she played the role of Ruth 'CoCo' Royal in The Royal Family. From 1994-1999, she starred as the adoptive mother of Tia and Tamara Mowry's characters on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister, winning the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000. Jackée also made guest appearances onAmen, Designing Women, Dave's World, Hollywood Squares, 7th Heaven, and That's So Raven, before joining the cast of Everybody Hates Chris in 2006. Hollywood success did not lead Jackée to turn her back on theater; in 1994 she returned to the stage as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill followed by stints in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide and The Vagina Monologues. In 2003 she played the role of the Madam in The Boys From Syracuse on Broadway. Jackée also performed before sold-out audiences across the nation in the stage play The Cleanup Woman, which is called "one of the highest grossing gospel stage plays of all time" and fronted an Off-Broadway limited-run of NEWSical: The Musical.Beyond acting, Jackée is a vocal champion of healthy living, education, and philanthropy. She is proud to be a spokesperson for the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, and a Global Ambassador to the Women's International Center. The National Congress of Black Women presented her with the "Woman of Substance" Award in 2010.In addition to recurring roles on Let's Stay Together, Baby Daddy, Girl Meets World, and The Cool Kids, Jackée starred on the CW's The First Family and OWN'sThe Paynes. She was nominated for a Nollywood and African Film Critics Award for her role in the motion picture The Man in 3B. In 2019, Jackée participated in a groundbreaking reimagining of Norman Lear's The Jeffersons, which garnered more than 22 million viewers. In 2021, she rejoined the world of daytime television as real estate mogul Paulina Price on Days of our Lives. Larger than life and twice as funny, Jackée continues to entertain and inspire in a way that permanently cements her place in the American cultural landscape. ABOUT DAYS OF OUR LIVES ON PEACOCK For the past 58 years, Days of our Lives has remained a staple daytime drama. It has weathered political and societal shifts since the mid-1960s and proudly introduced its first Black family, the Grants, in the mid-1970s. Its female heroine, Valerie Grant, shared daytime's first interracial kiss in 1977. Today, Black stories continue to be front and center, addressing societal issues including healthcare, family and career. Today's cast includes James Reynolds, with Jackée Harry, Raven Bowens, Elia Cantu, and features Lamon Archey and Sal Stowers as "Eli" and "Lani" respectively, who were the couple in the show's first Black wedding.https://jackee-online.com/ https://www.facebook.com/JackeeHarry https://www.twitter.com/JackeeHarry https://www.instagram.com/JackeeHarry https://www.youtube.com/c/JackeeHarryOfficialBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/i-am-refocused-radio--2671113/support.

The civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s, and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Many forget that the movement was bigger than the figures on the frontline and that it grew from intellectual and historical efforts that continue today. In Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement (UP of Mississippi, 2023), Ethel Morgan Smith shines a light on unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, the ordinary citizens working behind the scenes to make an impact in their communities. Through eleven original interviews with teachers, parents hosting fundraisers for civil rights workers, volunteers helping with voter registration, and more, Smith highlights the contributions these figures made to the civil rights movement. Some of these brave warriors worked at the elbows of icons while others were clearing new paths, all passing through history without wide recognition. Path to Grace introduces readers to new witnesses and largely neglected voices. Also included are interviews with such esteemed but less studied figures as writer Gloria Naylor, poet Nikki Giovanni, fashion designer Ann Lowe, and educator Constance Curry. This work of social change situates these narratives in both the past and present. Indeed, many of Smith's subjects, such as Emma Bruce, John Canty, Andrea Lee, Ann Lowe, and Blanche Virginia Franklin Moore, can trace their ancestry back to enslavement, which provides a direct chain of narrators and firmly plants the roots of the civil rights movement in the country's foundation. Through historical contextualization and an analysis of contemporary sociopolitical events, Path to Grace celebrates the contributions of some of the nameless individuals, generation after generation, who worked to make the United States better for all its citizens. Omari Averette-Phillips is a Doctoral student in the Department of History at UC Davis. He can be reached at omariaverette@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

The civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s, and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Many forget that the movement was bigger than the figures on the frontline and that it grew from intellectual and historical efforts that continue today. In Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement (UP of Mississippi, 2023), Ethel Morgan Smith shines a light on unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, the ordinary citizens working behind the scenes to make an impact in their communities. Through eleven original interviews with teachers, parents hosting fundraisers for civil rights workers, volunteers helping with voter registration, and more, Smith highlights the contributions these figures made to the civil rights movement. Some of these brave warriors worked at the elbows of icons while others were clearing new paths, all passing through history without wide recognition. Path to Grace introduces readers to new witnesses and largely neglected voices. Also included are interviews with such esteemed but less studied figures as writer Gloria Naylor, poet Nikki Giovanni, fashion designer Ann Lowe, and educator Constance Curry. This work of social change situates these narratives in both the past and present. Indeed, many of Smith's subjects, such as Emma Bruce, John Canty, Andrea Lee, Ann Lowe, and Blanche Virginia Franklin Moore, can trace their ancestry back to enslavement, which provides a direct chain of narrators and firmly plants the roots of the civil rights movement in the country's foundation. Through historical contextualization and an analysis of contemporary sociopolitical events, Path to Grace celebrates the contributions of some of the nameless individuals, generation after generation, who worked to make the United States better for all its citizens. Omari Averette-Phillips is a Doctoral student in the Department of History at UC Davis. He can be reached at omariaverette@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s, and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Many forget that the movement was bigger than the figures on the frontline and that it grew from intellectual and historical efforts that continue today. In Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement (UP of Mississippi, 2023), Ethel Morgan Smith shines a light on unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, the ordinary citizens working behind the scenes to make an impact in their communities. Through eleven original interviews with teachers, parents hosting fundraisers for civil rights workers, volunteers helping with voter registration, and more, Smith highlights the contributions these figures made to the civil rights movement. Some of these brave warriors worked at the elbows of icons while others were clearing new paths, all passing through history without wide recognition. Path to Grace introduces readers to new witnesses and largely neglected voices. Also included are interviews with such esteemed but less studied figures as writer Gloria Naylor, poet Nikki Giovanni, fashion designer Ann Lowe, and educator Constance Curry. This work of social change situates these narratives in both the past and present. Indeed, many of Smith's subjects, such as Emma Bruce, John Canty, Andrea Lee, Ann Lowe, and Blanche Virginia Franklin Moore, can trace their ancestry back to enslavement, which provides a direct chain of narrators and firmly plants the roots of the civil rights movement in the country's foundation. Through historical contextualization and an analysis of contemporary sociopolitical events, Path to Grace celebrates the contributions of some of the nameless individuals, generation after generation, who worked to make the United States better for all its citizens. Omari Averette-Phillips is a Doctoral student in the Department of History at UC Davis. He can be reached at omariaverette@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s, and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Many forget that the movement was bigger than the figures on the frontline and that it grew from intellectual and historical efforts that continue today. In Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement (UP of Mississippi, 2023), Ethel Morgan Smith shines a light on unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, the ordinary citizens working behind the scenes to make an impact in their communities. Through eleven original interviews with teachers, parents hosting fundraisers for civil rights workers, volunteers helping with voter registration, and more, Smith highlights the contributions these figures made to the civil rights movement. Some of these brave warriors worked at the elbows of icons while others were clearing new paths, all passing through history without wide recognition. Path to Grace introduces readers to new witnesses and largely neglected voices. Also included are interviews with such esteemed but less studied figures as writer Gloria Naylor, poet Nikki Giovanni, fashion designer Ann Lowe, and educator Constance Curry. This work of social change situates these narratives in both the past and present. Indeed, many of Smith's subjects, such as Emma Bruce, John Canty, Andrea Lee, Ann Lowe, and Blanche Virginia Franklin Moore, can trace their ancestry back to enslavement, which provides a direct chain of narrators and firmly plants the roots of the civil rights movement in the country's foundation. Through historical contextualization and an analysis of contemporary sociopolitical events, Path to Grace celebrates the contributions of some of the nameless individuals, generation after generation, who worked to make the United States better for all its citizens. Omari Averette-Phillips is a Doctoral student in the Department of History at UC Davis. He can be reached at omariaverette@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

The civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s, and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Many forget that the movement was bigger than the figures on the frontline and that it grew from intellectual and historical efforts that continue today. In Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement (UP of Mississippi, 2023), Ethel Morgan Smith shines a light on unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, the ordinary citizens working behind the scenes to make an impact in their communities. Through eleven original interviews with teachers, parents hosting fundraisers for civil rights workers, volunteers helping with voter registration, and more, Smith highlights the contributions these figures made to the civil rights movement. Some of these brave warriors worked at the elbows of icons while others were clearing new paths, all passing through history without wide recognition. Path to Grace introduces readers to new witnesses and largely neglected voices. Also included are interviews with such esteemed but less studied figures as writer Gloria Naylor, poet Nikki Giovanni, fashion designer Ann Lowe, and educator Constance Curry. This work of social change situates these narratives in both the past and present. Indeed, many of Smith's subjects, such as Emma Bruce, John Canty, Andrea Lee, Ann Lowe, and Blanche Virginia Franklin Moore, can trace their ancestry back to enslavement, which provides a direct chain of narrators and firmly plants the roots of the civil rights movement in the country's foundation. Through historical contextualization and an analysis of contemporary sociopolitical events, Path to Grace celebrates the contributions of some of the nameless individuals, generation after generation, who worked to make the United States better for all its citizens. Omari Averette-Phillips is a Doctoral student in the Department of History at UC Davis. He can be reached at omariaverette@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-south

The civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s, and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Many forget that the movement was bigger than the figures on the frontline and that it grew from intellectual and historical efforts that continue today. In Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement (UP of Mississippi, 2023), Ethel Morgan Smith shines a light on unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, the ordinary citizens working behind the scenes to make an impact in their communities. Through eleven original interviews with teachers, parents hosting fundraisers for civil rights workers, volunteers helping with voter registration, and more, Smith highlights the contributions these figures made to the civil rights movement. Some of these brave warriors worked at the elbows of icons while others were clearing new paths, all passing through history without wide recognition. Path to Grace introduces readers to new witnesses and largely neglected voices. Also included are interviews with such esteemed but less studied figures as writer Gloria Naylor, poet Nikki Giovanni, fashion designer Ann Lowe, and educator Constance Curry. This work of social change situates these narratives in both the past and present. Indeed, many of Smith's subjects, such as Emma Bruce, John Canty, Andrea Lee, Ann Lowe, and Blanche Virginia Franklin Moore, can trace their ancestry back to enslavement, which provides a direct chain of narrators and firmly plants the roots of the civil rights movement in the country's foundation. Through historical contextualization and an analysis of contemporary sociopolitical events, Path to Grace celebrates the contributions of some of the nameless individuals, generation after generation, who worked to make the United States better for all its citizens. Omari Averette-Phillips is a Doctoral student in the Department of History at UC Davis. He can be reached at omariaverette@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unearth the magic of autumn with three classic novels that capture the essence of this beautiful season.  Navigate the moors of Yorkshire, immerse yourself in the community of seven African-American women, and get lost in an engaging and entertaining gothic satire.  Each book, though different, offers a unique perspective on the human condition, making them ideal companions for those cozy, introspective autumn evenings.  So get ready to wrap yourself in a cozy blanket, brew a warm cuppa, and delve into the world of classics that perfectly resonate with the changing weather and vibes of autumn!SHOW NOTES & BOOKLIST:Find the episode show notes and a list of all the books mentioned here.MORE RESOURCES:Visit bibliolifestyle.com for more information and resources to help you in your reading journey.JOIN THE COMMUNITY:Join the BiblioLifestyle Community & the Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Club for a fun, online book club experience!  Come and share books you've read, get inspiration for what to read next, make friends, and encourage each other along the way.  Learn more and join the community: bibliolifestyle.com/community.THE BIBLIOLIFESTYLE 2023 FALL READING GUIDEGet ready for a cozy fall reading season! Download your free copy of the guide when you visit fallreadingguide.com. This year's guide has thirty books organized across nine categories, plus fun recipes, fall activities, lifestyle tips, classic books, and a fun challenge. So download your free copy and discover your next favorite book! BIBLIOLIFESTYLE COMMUNITY & BYOB CLUBRead a good book recently? Join our members-only Community & Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Club and tell us about it! Here we read what we want, make friends, and encourage each other along the way. Attend our online book club, seasonally-themed happenings, get exclusive content, plus more!

Hey Friends & Kin!   FYI: THIS, JUST LIKE ALL EPISODES OF HAND ME MY PURSE, CONTAINS PROFANITY. THIS PODCAST IS FOR ADULTS AND CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT. Now that we've gotten that out of the way... _________   Friends and Kin this episode is part two of my conversation with my homie & big time friend of the show, Kandis. As per usual we are laughing, disagreeing, telling all of the jokes - and of course, discussing dating and being single! Tune in for some good laughs but also some serious dialogue around what it's like to be single in 2023. We talk about some things that people don't really want to admit - like the freedom in being single!    Listen, being single is extremely freeing and allows you to navigate this planet as you wish. So many people are hellbent on being attached to someone else or something else, but there is a peace in not being bound. Not to say that being in a healthy relationship is BAD, however, there is something to be said about being free to be until we (the singles of the world) meet the person that makes us feel FREE in a HEALTHY, committed union. Until I meet him, I will be focusing on myself and becoming the best version of ourselves that we can be!   We Got To Do Better: “I DON'T BELIEVE THAT LIFE IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE. YOU FEEL GOOD , OR TO MAKE YOU FEEL MISERABLE EITHER. LIFE IS JUST SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU FEEL.” - writer, GLORIA NAYLOR    "GO WHERE YOU ARE LOVED. NOT WHERE YOU ARE TOLERATED..."   MeMe's Jam No. 64 OMAR - THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THIS. DAILY GRATITUDE RITUALS. SUBMIT A QUESTION FOR “STRAIGHT FACTS”! FIND A THERAPIST. _______ GET IN ON THE GOOD STUFF. ⬅️ click that Rate + Review on Apple Podcasts. ⬅️ click that   And as always, "Thank you for your support…"  (said exactly like the 80s Bartles and Jaymes commercials)   xoxo MeMe *****************See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1989, Oprah Winfrey produced and starred in the two-part TV miniseries, The Women of Brewster Place, which was based on Gloria Naylor's award-winning debut novel. The book, and the movie, explore a variety of personal issues and social themes faced by seven African American women who live in an urban housing project.   When, just for fun, we asked the new artificial intelligence software, ChatGPT, to connect Oprah's cultural influence with themes from the book/movie, the AI chatbot got it… sort of right. Sort of. It dispassionately summarized many of the challenges faced by the women in the story. And it mentioned Oprah's commitment to highlighting personal and social issues. But ChatGPT failed to find the essential storyline.   And it's no wonder. The online content about The Women of Brewster Place neglects the underlying racism that's at work when urban planners and policymakers target the destruction of specific neighborhoods in the name of progress. As long as history is “written by the victors,” the online trough that feeds artificial intelligence will prevent AI, and the people who rely on it, from making the most crucial connections of all.   MENTIONS AND REFERENCES  We encourage you to visit your local bookseller or library.   Book by Gloria Naylor - The Women of Brewster Place Movie on YouTube - The Women of Brewster Place People Magazine Article - Oprah Goes Hollywood Book by Carol Stabile, PhD - The Broadcast 41 Podcast Series (first of four) - Calculated Efforts to Preserve Power: TV Women Blacklisted Vulture Article - 30 Years Ago, The Women of Brewster Place Cracked Open the Door for Queer TV Vice Article - I've Made More Than 1,700 Wikipedia Entries on Women Scientists and I'm Not Yet Done   CONNECT WITH CYNTHIA BEMIS ABRAMS and ADVANCED TV HERSTORY   Website Podcasts Instagram  Twitter Facebook  YouTube  

This week  for Women's History Month Angel and Zoha discuss Black women in literature. They explore the lives of Gloria Naylor, Ntozake Shange, J. California Cooper and Octavia Butler.For more info on the show join us on Tiktok, Instagram and Facebook.Send your topics, questions & requests to appear on the pod to saltpepperketchuppodcast@gmail.comwe appreciate your support, please write us reviews wherever you listen.Support the show

Happy New Year bbs! Just another plug/reminder… we have a course coming up! It's called the Winter Herbal Immersion by Bonesbugsandbotany feat. petty herbalist and other amazing instructors! We are utilizing the podcast to inform y'all of the foundations of our tradition of herbalism, which is peoples medicine! We have Part 2 of The Seven medicines within the wise woman tradition/s. Learn how mind medicine works wonders and how lifestyle medicine is your key to everyday health! Brew up some genmaicha today to ease into the New Year, and come learn from ya fave aunties! Topics Discussed: (OUR course) The People's Medicine Bag: Winter Immersion (Bones, Blood, and Belonging by BonesBugsandBotany (sign up here) (herbal tincture) Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) Seed Tincture (herb) Ginger (Zingiber officinale) (herb) Guava (Psidium guajava) leaves (our friend) Brandon Ruiz's class - Caribbean Herbalism Course by @yucayekefarms (book) Mama Day by Gloria Naylor (belief) Laying of the Hands (professor & Scholar) Dr. Kim TallBear (book) Tantric Sex for Men by By Diana Richardson and Michael Richardson (Qigong Master) Mantak Chia (book) Abundantly Well: Seven Medicines The Complementary Integrated Medicine Revolution by Susun Weed Susun Weed http://www.susunweed.com/ ________________________ Follow us on social: @pettyherbalist @bonesbugsandbotany Join the Patreon Community to fund this amazing POD: https://www.patreon.com/pettyherbalist Rate us to show your support! Thank You! #StayReady #BePetty --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pettyherbalist/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pettyherbalist/support

Mentioned: - Mama Day by Gloria Naylor - https://amzn.to/3ceURU4 - Author Marie Force - https://marieforce.com/ - The Sandman on Netflix - Day Shift on Netflix - Graveyard Shift by Michael F. Haspil - https://amzn.to/3R4I7y9   The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts! Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

The week Angel and Zoha discuss Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster's Place and it's unique healing stories. Join us Tiktok, Instagram & Facebook.Send your topics, questions & requests to saltpepperketchuppodcast@gmail.comSupport the show

Mentioned: - Atlanta on FX: Season 3, Episode 4 "The Big Payback" - 6 Figure Author Podcast - Episode 124: Scheduling vs Winging It: Which Is More Sane for Your Author Career? https://6figureauthors.com/podcast/ - "Skip the Boring Parts" - https://austinkleon.com/2021/07/28/skip-the-boring-parts/ - Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor - https://amzn.to/3usuZKH - Interactive maps-  https://www.scribblemaps.com/ - On Dealing with Burnout - https://wellnessmadeeasy.medium.com/i-dont-want-to-work-anymore-how-to-deal-with-burnout-78a2d1b0d38d The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts! Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Consuming “Sweet Sugarcane” with Gloria Naylor and listening to Akua Lezli Hope tell us what to do with horns that fit. Grown folks talking. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

The 1970s saw a renaissance of Black women writers like Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor who told stories of Black women's pain and healing. Tamika Carey says that just a few decades later, these stories trickled up to a whole Black women's wellness industry, driven by figures like Oprah Winfrey, Iyanla Vanzant, and even Tyler Perry. And: In the wellness world, “natural” reigns supreme. So much so that according to Alan Levinovitz, it's become a religion. His new book explores how too much faith in nature can be misleading and even harmful. Later in the show: When we're making New Year's resolutions, many of us look to add to our lives to make them better: eat more vegetables, sleep more, start running. Leidy Klotz argues that instead of always trying to make change through additions, we should consider more subtractions. Plus: We are living through what's been dubbed “the great resignation.” People are leaving their jobs in droves and we can't quite figure out why. Richard Bargdill thinks that boredom might have something to do with it. Bargdill studies habitual boredom and how people can break out of the boredom cycle to lead a better life.

1:27 Bookish Moment of the Week 1:46 - Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent  1:52 - Bookends bookshop in Pagosa Springs Colorado 2:46 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle 4:05 - The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand 4:42 - My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton 4:43 - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton 4:57 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 5:19 - Marley by Jon Clinch 6:06 Current Reads: 6:12 - God Spare the Girls by Kelsey McKinney (Kaytee) 6:32 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live 9:43 - A Glimmer of Death by Valerie Wilson Wesley (Meredith) 9:52 - Book Drop subscription 13:32 - Let's Tell This Story Properly by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Kaytee) Note: In the UK, this collection is published as Manchester Happened 14:23 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 16:10 - Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson (Meredith) 16:23 - White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson 16:36 - Novel Neighbor bookshop 22:03 - Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Kaytee) 23:23 - Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse 24:22 - Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (Meredith) 25:55 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 25:56 - The Selection by Kiera Cass 25:58 - Furyborn by Claire Legrand 28:24 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas  30:32 Deep Dive - What Makes a Good Book Club Book? 33:58 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam 34:42 - Bookend Homeschoolers Season 2: Episode 13 36:20 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler 36:50 - Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan 38:12 - How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith 39:02 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 40:49 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 41:45 - The Push by Ashley Audrain 41:48 - The Need by Helen Phillips 42:53 - Roar by Ceclia Ahern 43:15 - The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor 43:45 - You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld 44:43 - Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 45:05 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Kaytee) 47:26 - The Power by Naomi Alderman (Meredith) 49:20 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Malika Hadley Freydberg- SOREN LIT Fall Issue 2021 Malika Hadley Freydberg is a multi-medium performance and visual artist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She's a four time national slam poet, and has graced the final stage in two of those four competitions. She's had a fascination with magick and Conjure Women since she read “Mama Day” by Gloria Naylor at age 9, and became determined to become a woman of magick from that day forward. She works as a tour guide, sharing the history and folklore of Southern Louisiana, which has informed most of her work since 2016.Malika is a Sode in Ifa, an Olorisa of Oya upon completion of initiation at Temple Yemoja in Ibadan, Nigeria in 2019, and Priestess of Osun and Obatala in Louisiana Plantation Vodou as of July 2021. She's been an eclectic Conjurer since she began praying to the moon at 14. She's read tarot cards for 22 years, and cowries for 8. She is also a proud member of the choir at First Grace United Methodist Church in Midcity New Orleans; she sees this as the honoring of as many branches of her ancestry as possible.Malika holds a B.A. in Arts Management-Music from Bennett College in Greensboro, NC (HBCU PRIDE!), and a Masters in Music Education, focus in Choral Conducting and Ethnomusicology from Georgia State. She lives in a house with a purple door with her wife and three cats~ the culmination of every love-obsessed queer witch, in her opinion. SOREN LIT FOUNDING EDITOR & PODCAST HOST: Melodie J. Rodgers www.sorenlit.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melodie-rodgers/message

Donna Coonan is Editorial Director of the Virago Modern Classics list, which was set up 1978 to demonstrate the existence of a necessary canon of women's writing and to challenge the sometimes narrow definition of what a ‘classic' is. Since 2005, she has brought over 200 new books including those by Muriel Spark, Barbara Pym and Patricia Highsmith to this beloved list with its iconic green spines.Join Lucy Scholes as she fangirls with Donna about the VMCs and find out how she does the detective work of a classics editor; how Virago reassessed the legacy of Daphne du Maurier, championing her as a vital 20th century author when she'd been dismissed as a writer of romances; how Valley of the Dolls challenges the definition of a classic; and how she's bringing prescient, ground-breaking Black American authors like Gayl Jones, Ann Petry and Gloria Naylor back into print. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today, Sara and Chelsey gush about a new favorite novel-in-short-stories: The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor. We focus on Naylor's memorable prose and mastery of structure, avoiding spoilers so you can listen before reading. Plus, as always, we offer six contemporary pairings that capture similar themes, featuring short story collections and well-crafted memoirs. For more bonus episodes, nerdy classes, and extra book talk,  join our Classics Club: patreon.com/novelpairings.com. Connect with us  on Instagram or Twitter. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get updates and behind-the-scenes info. Get two audiobooks for the price of one from Libro.fm. Use our Libro.fm affiliate code NOVELPAIRINGS and support independent bookstores.   Skip to the pairings: [34:43]   Books mentioned: Thank you for supporting the show by shopping our affiliate links!  The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor (Amazon) The Men of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor (Amazon) Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead (Amazon) Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty (Amazon)   Chelsey The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom (Amazon) The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (Amazon) Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (Amazon) Sara Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor  (Amazon) Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz (Amazon) Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey (Amazon)   Picks of the week: Chelsey: The Women of Brewster Place Reissue Review (NPR) Sara: The Promise podcast

Welcome back to Season 3 of Hoodoo Plant Mamas! This season we're doing things a little differently and are focusing on writing in the Hoodoo tradition. Each episode will feature a different Black writer who utilizes or discusses Spirit in their work. In this episode, we discuss Lucille Clifton's spiritual writing and get into some other Black women writers who also have work inspired by Spirit.  Resources "The Spirit Writing of Lucille Clifton" by Marina Magloire How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton by Lucille Clifton, Aracelis Girmay (Editor) Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000 by Lucille Clifton Soul Talk: The New Spirituality of African American Women by Akasha Gloria Hull  Black Writers to Explore: Lucille Clifton, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, Gayle Jones, Sonia Sanchez, Zora Neale Hurston, June Jordan, Gloria Naylor, Octavia Butler, Audre Lorde, Paule Marshall, Dolores Kendrick, Sherley Anne Williams, Ntozake Shane, SDiane Bogus, Tina McElroy Ansa, Shirley Jackson-Opoku, Jewelle Gomez, A.J. Verdelle, Devora Major, Phyllis Alesia Perry BE A PATRON! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamas SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @hoodooplants Instagram: @hoodooplantmamas EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES hoodooplantmamas@gmail.com DONATE Paypal: paypal.me/hoodooplantmamas Cashapp: cash.me/$hoodooplantmamas This podcast was created, hosted, and produced by Dani & Leah. Our music was created by Tasha, and our artwork was designed by Bianca. 

'New York Times' reporter Ivan Penn unpacks the debate over infrastructure: Do we go big and fund huge wind and solar farms with new transmission lines, or go local, with rooftop solar panels, batteries and micro-grids? Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews a reprint of Gloria Naylor's landmark novel, 'The Women of Brewster Place.'

'New York Times' reporter Ivan Penn unpacks the debate over infrastructure: Do we go big and fund huge wind and solar farms with new transmission lines, or go local, with rooftop solar panels, batteries and micro-grids? Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews a reprint of Gloria Naylor's landmark novel, 'The Women of Brewster Place.'

In this episode, author Tyrese L. Coleman joins hosts Catherine Nichols and Sandra Newman again to continue their discussion of Gloria Naylor’s book of linked short stories, The Women of Brewster Place (1982), a classic of Black women’s literature. Tyrese L. Coleman is a writer, wife, mother, and attorney. Her debut collection of stories and essays, How to Sit, was published by Mason Jar Press in 2018 and nominated for a 2019 PEN Open Book Award. Her work has appeared as a notable in Best American Essays 2018 and 2016 and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, author Tyrese L. Coleman joins hosts Catherine Nichols and Sandra Newman to discuss Gloria Naylor's book of linked short stories, The Women of Brewster Place (1982). This book is a classic of Black women's literature; does that canon differ from the white male canon, and why might any differences have arisen? Tyrese L. Coleman is the author of How to Sit, a 2019 Pen Open Book Award finalist published with Mason Jar Press in 2018. She's also the writer of the forthcoming book, Spectacle. Writer, wife, mother, attorney, and writing instructor, she is a contributing editor at Split Lip Magazine and occasionally teaches at American University. Her essays and stories have appeared in several publications, including Black Warrior Review, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, and the Kenyon Review and noted in Best American Essays and the Pushcart Anthology. She is an alumni of the Writing Program at Johns Hopkins University. Find her at tyresecoleman.com or on Twitter @tylachelleco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Review and discussion of The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor for our first pick for the March book prompt: Read a book you already own. Next time we will be discussing The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi. ____ Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. Website | Patreon  

Jeremy and Megan discuss “The Women of Brewster Place” by Gloria Naylor and the challenges of writing and story structure.

To close out the February prompt for our Bookstore Podcast 12 Month Challenge, we each have some recommendations for indie publishers and books published by those indie publishers. We will list all the books mentioned on our website. Next time we will be reading our first March Prompt book (something we already own): The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. Website | Patreon

Our second book published by an independent publisher for the February prompt is Frontier by Can Xue. We don't actually know how to explain it or talk about it, but we try! Next time we will be reading our first March Prompt book (something we already own): The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. Website | Patreon

Jenny invited past guests and members of the Reading Envy Readers group in Goodreads to contribute their best reads of 2020. In true Reading Envy fashion, books were not necessarily published in 2020. We always like to hear if you read a book because you heard about it on the podcast! Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 209: Best Reads of 2020Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify New! Listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: Jenny's full list of 5-star reads for 2020Sovietistan by Erika FatlandThe Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Deacon King Kong by James McBrideDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tolkarzcuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-JonesOne Hundred Twenty One Days by Michèle Audin, translated by Christiana Hills The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili, translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica translated by Sarah Moses Mama Day by Gloria Naylor Milkman by Anna BurnsThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahWar & Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Glass Hotel by Emily St John MandelA Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. FletcherNot Without Laughter by Langston Hughes Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi The Dutch House by Ann PatchettGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste Fiebre Tropical by Juliana Delgado Lopera The Last Best League by Jim CollinsThe Mercury 13 by Martha Ackman Lauren The Bridge of Beyond by Simone Schwarz-Bart, translated from the French by Barbara BrayHow to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel ImmerwahrAftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm ed. by Yarimar Bonilla and Marisol LeBronLetters: Summer 1926 by Boris Pasternak, Maria Tsvetaeva, and Rainer Maria Rilke, translated from German and Russian by Margaret Wettlin and Jamey GambrellOther mentions:Discussion of The Only Good Indians on the Shelf Wear PodcastDiscussion of Drive Your Plow... on the Book Cougars PodcastDiscussion of Drive Your Plow... on the Book Cougars Goodreads group Stalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy If you want to hear more from one of the guests who appeared on this episode, go to the episode guide and do a search. All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate.

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle 2004https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366551/A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers.Stars: John Cho, Kal Penn, Ethan Embry The CureErik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer.Stars: Joseph Mazzello, Brad Renfro, Aeryk Egan ENhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112757/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Love and Basketballhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt5840520/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Natiece, a college basketball star, has been dating Kansas, for a year and a half but they've never met in person. They both need to come clean about some big secrets, and see if their love can withstand the truth.Meshell Ndegeocello Bitterlyhttps://amzn.to/37OlmJzThe Goonies 1985 A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.Stars: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohenhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089218/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Stand by Me 1986After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.Stars: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldmanhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092005/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1The Sandlot 1993In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.Stars: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Art LaFleurhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108037/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Crooklyn 1994Spike Lee's vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school teacher, her stubborn jazz musician husband and their five kids living in Brooklyn in 1973.Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109504/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1The Wood While dealing with a friend's cold feet on his wedding day, a writer reminisces about his youth with his best friends.Stars: Elayn J. Taylor, Omar Epps, Richard T. Joneshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161100/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Hoodwinked! 2005Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf, the Woodsman, and Granny all tell the police the events that led up to their encounter.Stars: Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburtonhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443536/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Soul Food 1997One person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart.Stars: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Longhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120169/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1The Women of Brewster Place Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor, which deals with several strong-willed women who live in a rundown housing project on Brewster Place in an unidentified eastern city; across three decades, they struggle against poverty, bigotry, and weak, troublesome men.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098674/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_plSuperbad 2007https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829482/?ref_=nm_knf_t1Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.Stars: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse ENYouth in Revolthttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403702/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_48While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity.Stars: Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart Misfits 2009-2013https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1548850/A group of young offenders doing community service get struck by lightning during a storm, and begin to develop superpowers.Stars: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Joseph Gilgun, Iwan Rheon Creator: Howard OvermanBlood In Blood Out 1993https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106469/Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.Stars: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin BrattFavorite Shorts:The Blue Umbrellahttps://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00FPGR66U/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_rThe Birdshttps://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00A6N77AM/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_rSanjay’s Super Teamhttps://youtu.be/MMh-XnorS64"Soar" - by Alyce Tzue | TheCGBroshttps://youtu.be/UUlaseGrkLcSearch CGI or TheCGBRosZack and Make a PornoZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNOhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1190296-zack_and_miri_make_a_pornoNapoleon DynamiteLittle Miss SunshineCrashSex Ed In the Hood

Mentioned: - UNDER A WINTER SKY anthology launch! - http://lpen.co/uaws - Double Vision Editorial - https://doublevisioneditorial.com/ - Author Support Network on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/AuthorSupportNetwork - The Seven Stages of Writerly Grief - https://thewingedpen.com/2016/07/15/the-seven-stages-of-writerly-grief/  - MAMA DAY by Gloria Naylor - https://amzn.to/3eXAo31 - CLOCKWORK BOYS by T. Kingfisher - https://amzn.to/3l1xFXO     The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts! Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Leave a comment on your ideas for how I should celebrate my 100th episode. - PRACTICAL MAGIC by Alice Hoffman - https://amzn.to/3pwMl4k - MAMA DAY by Gloria Naylor - https://amzn.to/3eXAo31 - BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott - https://amzn.to/3nnpyGr with "Shitty First Drafts" essay - Romancing the Runoff - http://www.romancingtherunoff.com/ - Lexicon Valley - "White Author, Black English. Problem?" https://twitter.com/JohnHMcWhorter/status/1326240548211073024   The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts! Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Actress and Comedian Zainab Johnson joins Dulcé Sloan to discuss the 1989 television mini- series Women of Brewster Place. Based on a 1982 Gloria Naylor novel of the same name, Women of Brewster Place starred Oprah Winfrey, Lynn Withfield, Jackée Harry, Paula Kelly, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney. Leon and Cicely Tyson.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are continuing our social distance, deep dives on dearly departed actresses. This week we dig into the oeuvre of actor, singer, and dancer Paula Kelly. You Might Know Her From Sweet Charity, The Women of Brewster Place, Night Court, Uptown Saturday Night, South Central, Santa Barbara, and Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling. We get into Paula’s work in musicals including the little-known Alice opposite Debbie Allen and Alice Ghostley, her acting range best on display in films made by black filmmakers and screenwriters, and her cutting-edge role as one half of a lesbian couple opposite Lonette McKee. Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne  Discussed this week:  Damian loves this oddly satisfying Twitter account “Vídeos Satisfatórios”  Anne loves ASMR #hotknife #slime #kineticsand videos Chiropractor YouTube channels we love: Advanced Chiropractic Relief LLC and Damian is on TikTok Relatives of celebrities on TikTok: John Travolta’s son, Judi Dench’s grandson, Julianne Moore’s daughter  Paula Kelly in Sweet Charity (1969) directed by Bob Fosse  Rema Webb played Paula Kelly in Fosse/Verdon but was a blink and you miss it Walter Kerr on Paula Kelly  Lee Daniels on Paula Kelly  Paula went to LaGuardia School of the Arts and Juilliard  Something More! directed by Jule Styne, starring Barbara Cook Starred in original London cast of Sweet Charity with Juliet Prowse “Big Spender” and “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” Paula’s killer FLOURISH at end of “Big Spender” 4:32 mark “Baby Dream Your Dream” from London cast Scatting on The Richard Pryor Show Peter Pan for BBC with Paula as Tiger Lily, Mia Farrow as Peter, Danny Kaye as Captain Hook Broadway’s original Tiger Lily was Sondra Lee Alice musical starring Debbie Allen, Alice Ghostley, Paula Kelly Did Mike Nichols secretly direct Annie on Broadway? Mike Nichols put Alice Ghostley into Annie as Dorothy Loudon’s replacement in Annie Debbie do Catalina Bar & Grill Late in life lesbian, Marsha Warfield  Tall men on Night Court Paula Kelly as Leggy Peggy with Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier in Uptown Saturday Night The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor (miniseries starring Oprah, Cicely Tyson, Paula Kelly, Lonette McKee) Lonette McKee’s beige bra and oatmeal monologue Paula Kelly in Playboy (the pubic wars) Fuck Yeah, Paula Kelly is a great resource

Note: Given the current temporary closure of TPL due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have made our best efforts to offer suggestions below for materials which are part our online collections (indicated) and available at home to anyone with a current Toronto Library card. __ Works by Gloria NaylorThe Women of Brewster Place (ebook)The Novels of Gloria Naylor: Mama Day, Linden Hills, Bailey’s Café (ebook)Mama Day (print book)The Women of Brewster Place (DVD of 1989 mini-series starring Oprah Winfrey and Cicely Tyson)Bailey’s Café (print book)Other Related Books or MaterialsNew York Times Obituary of Gloria Naylor (link opens NYT article from Oct 2016)Unsolved Problems: Rachel Harper on Gloria Naylor  (link opens Los Angeles Review of Books article from Mar 2017) About the HostNovelist Randy Boyagoda is a professor of English at the University of Toronto and principal of St. Michael’s College, where he holds the Basilian Chair in Christianity, Arts, and Letters. He is the author of three novels: Original Prin, Beggar's Feast, and Governor of the Northern Province. His fiction has been nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize (2006) and IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize (2012), and named a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice Selection (2012 and 2019) and Globe and Mail Best Book (2018). He contributes essays, reviews, and opinions to publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, First Things, Commonweal, Harper’s, Financial Times (UK), Guardian, New Statesman, Globe and Mail, and National Post, in addition to appearing frequently on CBC Radio. He served as President of PEN Canada from 2015-2017.Music is by YukaFrom the ArchivesWriters Off the Page: 40 Years of TIFA is the first series associated with the Toronto Public Library’s multi-year digital initiative, From the Archives, which presents curated and digitized audio, video and other content from some of Canada’s biggest cultural institutions and organizations.Thanks to the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) for allowing TPL access to their archives to feature some of the best-known writers in the world from moments in the past. Thanks as well to Library and Archives Canada for generously allowing TPL access to these archives. 

Director and producer Lisa Cortes on Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, cultural consciousness and finding her voice through different mediums. To learn more about the books we discussed in this episode, check out Dr. Suess’s One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place and Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children. Also mentioned is the poetry of Anna Akhmatova and Gwendolyn Brooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics: The Cold War, Run-DMC, New Edition, Bill Cosby (Himself), Eddie Murphy (Delirious). (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco)   1983 Notes   1. Ronald Reagan President   2. Feb - The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, setting a record for most-watched television broadcast in American history.   3. Mar - Strategic Defense Initiative: U.S. President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. The media dub this plan "Star Wars".   4. Mar - Michael Jackson performs the dance move that will forever be known as the "moonwalk" at Motown 25.   5. Apr - The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut kills 63 people.   6. Sep - Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board are killed including U.S. Congressman Larry McDonald.   7. Sep - Vanessa Lynn Williams becomes the first African American to be crowned Miss America, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.   8. Oct - United States troops invade Grenada at the behest of Eugenia Charles of Dominica, a member of the Organization of American States.   9. Oct - Microsoft Word is first released.   10. Nov - The first United States cruise missiles arrive at Greenham Common Airbase in England amid protests from peace campaigners.   11. Dec - Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time. It becomes the most often repeated and famous music video of all time, increasing his own popularity and record sales of the album "Thriller".   12. Misc.: McDonald's introduces the McNugget and The Cabbage Patch Kids dolls make their national debut, their popularity leads to the Cabbage Patch riots.   13. Top 3 Pop Songs   14. 1 - "Every Breath You Take", The Police   15. 2 - "Billie Jean", Michael Jackson   16. 3 - "Flashdance... What a Feeling", Irene Cara   17. Record of the Year: "Beat It" – Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones   18. Album of the Year: Thriller – Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones   19. Song of the Year: "Every Breath You Take" – The Police Sting (songwriter)   20. Best New Artist: Culture Club   21. Top 3 Movies   22. 1 - Return of the Jedi   23. 2 - Terms of Endearment   24. 3.    Flashdance   25. Top 3 TV   26. 1 - Dallas   27. 2 - 60 Minutes   28. 3 - Dynasty   29. Debuts: The A-Team / Webster   30. Black Snapshots   31. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female: Chaka Khan – Chaka Khan   32. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male: "Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson   33. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "Ain't Nobody" – Chaka Khan & Rufus   34. Best R&B Instrumental Performance: "Rockit" – Herbie Hancock   35. Best Rhythm & Blues Song: "Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson   36. Best Comedy Recording: "Eddie Murphy", Comedian – Eddie Murphy (Also shows up in TV)   37. Apr - Harold Lee Washington became the first African American Mayor of Chicago.   38. Aug - STS-8: Space Shuttle Challenger carries Guion S. Bluford (Col, USAF, Ret.), the first African American astronaut, into space.   39. Nov - Reagan signed a bill, proposed by Representative Katie Hall of Indiana (a black woman), to create a federal holiday honoring MLK Jr. Although the federal holiday honoring King was signed into law in 1983 and took effect three years later, not every U.S. state chose to observe the holiday at the state level until 1991.   40. Nov - Jessie Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election, becoming the second African American (after Shirley Chisholm) to mount a nationwide campaign for president.   41. Sept - Vanesa Williams becomes the first African American recipient of the Miss America title.   42. Misc.: The Color Purple wins the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.   43. The Women of Brewster Place is the debut novel of American author Gloria Naylor. It won the 1983 National Book Award for "First Novel".   44. “Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?”, Maya Angelou's fourth volume of poetry, is published.   45. Nikki Giovanni publishes her 9th poetry collection, "Those Who Ride The Night Winds". Included are poems about John Lennon, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, as well as friends, lovers, mothers, and the poet herself.   46. Economic Snapshots   47. New House: 82k   48. Avg Income: 21k   49. New Car: 9k   50. Avg. Rent: 350   51. Tuition to Harvard: 8K   52. Movie Ticket: 2.50   53. Gas: 1.20   54. Stamp: 20c     55. Social Scene: The Cold War Becomes A Real Thing for Gen X.   56. Brief Overview - [http://www.american-historama.org/1945-1989-cold-war-era/strategic-defense-initiative.htm]   57. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars because it promoted ideas such as lasers and computer-guided projectiles, was the US response to possible nuclear attacks and it was introduced on March 23, 1983 during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.   58. The objective of the SDI program was to develop an advanced anti-ballistic missile system to enable the United States to prevent missile attacks from the USSR and other countries during the Cold War.   59. The idea was to set up many space satellites that would detect the launch, and then shoot down, any enemy missiles.   60. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was cancelled in 1993 and replaced with the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) renamed the Missile Defense Agency in 2002.   61. 10 SDI Highlights   62. #1: Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) was the military strategy adopted during the Cold War Arms Race. It assumed that both the USSR and the US would refrain from launching nuclear weapons, knowing that the other country would retaliate and cause the complete nuclear annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.   63. #2: The Strategic "Defense" Initiative program focused on strategic defense and replaced the "Offensive" doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD).   64. #3: SDI became the subject of intense political controversy. A Washington Post article published the day after the speech, quoted Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy describing the proposal as "reckless Star Wars schemes."   65. #4: Critics in the media used that term frequently (despite Reagan's request that they use the program's official name), implying it was an impractical science fiction. This did much damage the program's credibility.   66. #5: Many critics believed that it would extend the arms race into space and cause the USSR to expand its own offensive nuclear weapons.   67. #6: SDI began extremely expensive research projects costing billions of dollars every year. The research projects included space-based laser weapons, spy satellites and space-based interceptors.   68. #7: In response to the US research projects, the Soviets began work on developing their own version of Strategic Defense Initiative.   69. #8: The efforts by the Soviet Union to match the expenditure of the U.S. in the Cold War Arms Race contributed greatly to nation's economic problems.   70. #9: Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev realized that the USSR could not afford the Cold War Arms Race or match the massive expenditure involved in the US Strategic Defense Initiative. In 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev fell from power and the Soviet Union was dissolved.   71. #10: The SDI had itself become an economic weapon and was instrumental in causing the downfall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.    72. Audio Clip:   73. Question: Do you think the threat of Nuclear War has grown or shrunk during your lifetime?   74. Music Scene   75. Top R&B Singles (from Billboard's Year-End Top 40 Pop Songs)   76. #2 - "Billie Jean", Michael Jackson   77. #3 - "Flashdance... What a Feeling", Irene Cara   78. #5 - "Beat It", Michael Jackson   79. #7 - "Maneater", Hall & Oates   80. #8 - "Baby, Come to Me", Patti Austin and James Ingram   81. #15 - "She Works Hard for the Money", Donna Summer   82. #25 - "Little Red Corvette"    Prince   83. #29 - "You"    Lionel Richie   84. #32 - "Sexual Healing"    Marvin Gaye   85. #29 - “One on One"    Hall & Oates   86. #41 - "1999"    Prince   87. Other Notable 1983 R&B Singles   88. Apr - "Atomic Dog", George Clinton   89. May - "Candy Girl", New Edition   90. May - "Save the Overtime (For Me)", Gladys Knight and the Pips   91. Jun - "Juicy Fruit", Mtume   92. Oct - "Ain't Nobody", Rufus & Chaka Khan   93. Oct - "All Night Long (All Night)", Lionel Richie   94. Dec - "Time Will Reveal", DeBarge   95. Vote   96. Top R&B Albums (from Billboard's number-one R&B albums)   97. Jan - Midnight Love, Marvin Gaye   98. Jan - Thriller, Michael Jackson   99. Jul - Between the Sheets, The Isley Brothers   100. Jul - Thriller, Michael Jackson   101. Sep - Cold Blooded, Rick James   102. Nov - Can't Slow Down, Lionel Richie   103. Vote   104. Key Artist #1: Run - DMC   105. Run (Joseph Simmons) @ 19 yrs old / DMC (Darryl McDaniels) @ 19 yrs old / Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) @ 18 yrs old   106. The trio grew up in Hollis, Queens, a moderately stable African American community in New York. / DMC was born to a teenage mother and was adopted three months later.   107. Run and DMC were childhood friends   108. 1978: JMJ discovers the turntable at age 13. By age 14 he is spinning for live crowds at block parties.   109. 1980: The trio met via the emerging hip-hop scene at Hollis' "Two-Fifths Park". Simmons and McDaniels rapped in front of Mizell at the park, and the three became friends.    110. 1981: Fortunately for them, Run’s older brother, Russell Simmons, had his foot in the music business, as the manager for rappers Kurtis Blow and Whodini. Russell made Run Kurtis Blow's DJ and helped him record the single “Street Kid,” but it went nowhere. Later that year, the friends decide to become a crew.   111. 1982: Russell agreed to help the new group record a single and get a record deal, but on one condition –McDaniels change his stage name, from “Easy D” to “D.M.C.”   112. 1983: Run DMC hit the scene with their debut 12-inch single for “It’s Like That,” with “Sucker MCs” as the B-side. The out-of-the-box success of these two songs was the beginning of a new era for hip-hop.   113. Run-D.M.C. exploded out of Hollis, changing popular culture in general. Not only was their sound different, so was their dress. Earlier rap stars fashioned their looks after the spangled superhero costumes of 1970s funk acts like Parliament-Funkadelic and Rick James, Run-DMC appeared in their signature bowler hats, black leather jackets, unlaced Adidas athletic shoes, and black denim pants, establishing the more casual look of hip urban youth.   114. They were the first rappers to have a gold album - Run-D.M.C. (1984). The first rap act to appear on MTV, becoming popular with the cable channel’s largely white audience with their fusion of hip-hop and guitar solos on hits such as “Rock Box” (1984) and a 1986 remake of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way”.   115. Although the group never officially disbanded, their recording and performing activities decreased significantly in the 1990s and in 2002 Jam Master Jay was fatally shot at a recording studio in Jamaica, Queens.   116. Run-DMC was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 and received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement in 2016.   117. Meanwhile, up the coast near Boston… In 1978, Robert Barisford Brown (@ 9 yrs old), Michael Lamont Bivins (@ 10 yrs old), and Ricardo "Ricky" Bell (@ 11 yrs old) started a vocal group.   118. Ricardo’s friend Ralph Edward Tresvant (@10 yrs old), and the nephew of the group’s manager and choreographer, Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr. (@11 yrs old) soon joined.   119. Key Artists #2: New Edition   120. For a complete history go watch "The New Edition Story" on BET    121. But the short story is this...They all lived in the Orchard Park Projects in Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, and where heavily influenced by Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5.    122. They scored its big break in 1981, when they finished 2nd in a local talent show. They impressed the singer/producer Maurice Starr, and he brought the group to his studio the following day and started recording their debut album, Candy Girl.   123. Audio Clip   124. Question: These two groups are primarily responsible for hip-hop crossing over to rock and R&B, and therefore a wider and whiter audience. Has that been a good thing?    125. Movie Scene   126. Bill Cosby: Himself 127. After I Spy and before The Cosby Show, Bill Cosby left his own inimitable mark on the arena of stand-up comedy in this live concert showcasing his down-to-earth observations on the rigors and joys of family life. Cosby, using only a microphone and a chair, discusses his take on raising kids and the illogical nature of children and the futility of trying to argue with a child that in the end may be smarter than you. Notable highlights include Cosby's ruminations on the meaning of the all-purpose phrase "I don't know" to kids, and Cosby describing the effect raising children has on his wife Camille's mental state and the pitch of her voice. Containing the basis for the humor of his long-running situation comedy, Bill Cosby: Himself is a polished, occasionally insightful, and frequently hilarious night of comedy from one of the longtime masters of the form. --Robert Lane: https://www.quotes.net/movies/bill_cosby%3A_himself_1089   128. Born poor, the son of a sailor and a maid, he excelled at school, in both sport and academic study, becoming class president and winning a university scholarship while doing part-time jobs to help support his family. Giving all that up, he instantly became successful as a comedian, going on to be the first African American to star in a network TV series (I Spy), as well as the first to win an acting Emmy (three of them, plus one for variety shows and nine Grammies). By the time this performance was recorded, he had completed a doctorate in education, and was about to launch The Cosby Show, the decade's biggest sitcom, which would make him the best-paid entertainer in the world for two years running (1986 and 1987). He also sings and can play jazz guitar and drums. At 75, he's still extremely funny. - https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/jul/19/comedy-gold-bill-cosby-himself   129. Television Scene 130. Delirious (1983) is an American stand-up comedy television special directed by Bruce Gowers, written by and starring Eddie Murphy. The comedy became a TV Special for HBO released August 30, 1983.Eddie Murphy in stand-up before all the prosthetic flesh happened. For a generation of naughty schoolboys, this was the video to have; no parent-free gathering or playground conversation was complete without repeating some of Eddie’s profanity-strewn, impression-laden genius. The homophobic opening gambit and an alarmingly ignorant bit on AIDS are jaw-dropping, but there’s no denying Murphy’s supreme on-stage talent — when he’s on more timeless material (ice cream, cookouts, shoe-throwing mothers), few in the world were ever as funny as this. It’s easy to forget how funny Murphy's stand-up really was. Despite being a little dated in subject, this still slays. - https://www.empireonline.com/movies/eddie-murphy-delirious/review/   131. “The most homophobic standup routine I’ve ever seen,” says another. “Can’t believe all the messed-up things he says about AIDS, including saying how you’ll catch AIDS from your girlfriend if she kisses her gay friend. 80s hateful prejudice in full force.”   132. Murphy apologized for the routine back in 1996, saying, “I deeply regret any pain all this has caused. Just like the rest of the world, I am more educated about AIDS in 1996 than I was in 1981. ”I know how serious an issue AIDS is the world over. I know that AIDS isn’t funny. It’s 1996 and I’m a lot smarter about AIDS now. I am not homophobic, and I am not anti-gay. My wife and I have donated both time and money to AIDS research. I’ve had people close to me die from the disease as well. I don’t know a person who hasn’t been touched in some way by this disease. Everybody knows somebody who is sick. Black people have been hit harder by this disease than any other group of people on the planet.” - https://www.queerty.com/eddie-murphys-homophobic-comedy-special-delirious-now-streaming-netflix-20161229 133. Question: Does he get a pass?   134. The A-Team   135. Four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military. It’s THE A-TEAM 136. Led by master of disguise, Lieutenant Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith played by the gruff but loveable George Peppard, this group of falsely convicted commandos now work as fugitive mercenaries. Dirk Benedict is the team’s master manipulator and con man, Templeton “Face” Peck. Dwight Schultz plays the certifiable master aviator, Captain H.M. “Howling Mad” Murdock. And you can’t spell The A-Team without Mr. T as master mechanic, Mohawked muscle man, and van driver (with a serious fear of flying), Bosco “B.A.” (“Bad Attitude”) Baracus. But enough jibba jabba. Tune in and watch the plan come together, fool!   137. The show ran for five seasons, with several minor cast changes along the way; the show's eventual decline was attributed to the constantly recycled and extremely formulaic plot. Attempts to win viewers back, by both changing the overall premise and having the A-Team overseen by a former antagonist, worked for only a short while.   138. Logic and credibility were usually ignored for the series' trademark over-the-top explosions, but the show never took itself particularly seriously, anyway: most of Hannibal's disguises were paper-thin, the villains were usually mostly-inept and somewhat one-dimensional, and the weapons that the Team cobbled together from miscellaneous parts were invariably more effective than the machine guns that the episode's villains used. 139. A big-screen version was released in June 2010, with Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley and Quinton Jackson as the team. The trailer can be seen on YouTube. Tropes go to the respective page.   140. Question: Does anybody care?   141. Webster   142. The post-retirement season is suddenly disrupted for football player George Papadapolis and his wife Katherine when Webster, the orphaned son of a former teammate, moves in. Laughter, and life lessons, in every episode. Webster was ABC's answer to the long-running NBC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes ... especially with its showcase star and even down to the basic concept (a young African American child being adopted by a white family).   143. The showcase star on Webster was Emmanuel Lewis, who played the title character. At 4-foot-3, the 12-year-old Lewis easily passed for 6 or 7 (the character's age at the start of the series in 1983), which was Webster's age when he was adopted by    144. Clark's production company. After the third season ended, Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. was established and became a third production company. This was actually part of an agreement between Karras and Clark, Paramount, and ABC, in which Emmanuel Lewis would get production credit alongside them for ABC to stop making the story lines be "all Webster, all the time. “The series ran from 1983-1987 on ABC before spending its final two first-run years in syndication. By the time the final first-run episode aired in 1989, Webster was 12 years old and getting ready to enter junior high school; in real life, Lewis had just turned 18.   145. Question: Why didn’t we riot in the streets?   146. Final Vote: Favorite pop culture event/item for 1983?  

 Welcome to Episode 204 of Real Talk with the Spiritual Bestie! I am calling this episode "Soul Food" because it was just that for me! I mean, I got my whole life sitting down Chattin' With the AunTeas! Lets catch up though, because it's been a while since we've talked.  I got engage to my fiancé in April and since then, this destination wedding planning has been at the forefront of just about everything! Sis was tired, Sis was confused. Sis needed a break. Sis was me, I was Sis but I was able to go to my hometown, Tampa and link up with some of my soul sisters, Malaika and Giovanni, better known as The AunTeas.  In this episode, we talked about everything from soul ties to some of our favorite books and authors that helped to shape us, our perspectives and cultural experience as black women/woman of color. I wanted to do a few name drops here so that you all can look into these resources on your own. Mailaka talked about a wheel in the earlier part of the show. This wheel is actually called the” Self-Care Wheel” and has been used since about 2014 in the healing profession. I encourage you all to check it out as it can assist with balancing out your life.   Giovanni mentions Iyanla Vanzant and a few of her works during the show. One of them was Peace From Broken Pieces.  The other books mentioned by "Auntie Iyanla" were Spirit of a Man and  One Day My Soul Just Opened Up.  Giovanni also talked about a film, Daughters of the Dusk which I also highly recommend, especially if but not only if you are interested in the practice of Hoodoo. It is a great film. You can find it on Netflix and  I mentioned another book: The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz.  We all agreed that I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison are important works but Maya's entire biographical series and any of Toni's works are worth having.  I am listing some  other authors mentioned during the episode. There were some real gems dropped during this episode!  Black Looks and Talking Back by Bell Hooks  and although it was not mentioned, All About Love is another great work by Hooks worth indulging in.  Alice Walker is another notable writer that has several works, honestly too many to name here that you should have exposure too and expose young readers to as well. We also mentioned  Zora Neal Hurston and Gloria Naylor who both left us with priceless cultural offerings.  Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram by simply typing in @Spiritualbestie. You can connect with both of my guests as well. Malaika can be found on Instagram as @purplehairandconverse and Giovonni's handle is @Theluxelibra Thank you so much for listening and until next time, PEACE!

We're back to continue our series on radical, community libraries! In this episode, we chat with Ola Ronke Akinmowo of the Free Black Women's Library, Dev Aujla of Sorted Library, and Jen Hoyer and Daniel Pecoraro from our own Interference Archive library. To learn more about the Free Black Women's Library, stay up to date about future pop ups, and find out where to donate books, visit her site, follow the library on social media @thefreeblackwomenslibrary, and consider supporting the project via Patreon. Here's a short list of reading recommendations from Ola Ronke: Audre Lorde, Gloria Naylor, Buchi Emecheta, Pat Parker, June Jordan, Nnedi Okorafor, especially Who Fears Death, Octavia Butler, especially Parable of the Sower, Zora Neale Hurston, especially Dust Tracks on the Road, This Thing Around My Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sula by Toni Morrison, Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, Things We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons, All About Love by bell hooks, Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires, I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé, The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine Wamariya, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper. To learn more about the Sorted Library, including the date of their next open house, you can follow them on Instagram @SortedLibrary or visit them at sortedlibrary.com. To learn more about the Interference Archive library, visit our website, or visit us in person. The archive (and library) is open to the public Thursdays-Sundays. A huge thank you to Ola Ronke Akinmowo, Dev Aujla, Jen Hoyer, and Daniel Pecoraro for talking with us and the important and exciting work you do! Music: “Good Times” and “Laid Back Fuzz” Podington Bear Produced by Interference Archive.

We’re back to continue our series on radical, community libraries! In this episode, we chat with Ola Ronke Akinmowo of the Free Black Women’s Library, Dev Aujla of Sorted Library, and Jen Hoyer and Daniel Pecoraro from our own Interference Archive library. To learn more about the Free Black Women’s Library, stay up to date about future pop ups, and find out where to donate books, visit her site, follow the library on social media @thefreeblackwomenslibrary, and consider supporting the project via Patreon. Here’s a short list of reading recommendations from Ola Ronke: Audre Lorde, Gloria Naylor, Buchi Emecheta, Pat Parker, June Jordan, Nnedi Okorafor, especially Who Fears Death, Octavia Butler, especially Parable of the Sower, Zora Neale Hurston, especially Dust Tracks on the Road, This Thing Around My Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sula by Toni Morrison, Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, Things We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons, All About Love by bell hooks, Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires, I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé, The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine Wamariya, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper. To learn more about the Sorted Library, including the date of their next open house, you can follow them on Instagram @SortedLibrary or visit them at sortedlibrary.com. To learn more about the Interference Archive library, visit our website, or visit us in person. The archive (and library) is open to the public Thursdays-Sundays. A huge thank you to Ola Ronke Akinmowo, Dev Aujla, Jen Hoyer, and Daniel Pecoraro for talking with us and the important and exciting work you do! Music: “Good Times” and “Laid Back Fuzz” Podington Bear Produced by Interference Archive.

Jenn and guest Sarah Davis discuss book club picks, dancers, capital punishment, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Audible , EveryPlate, and Nurx. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Questions   1. My book club is working on compiling a list of our upcoming books by the end of February. We have had a lot of books that really hurt the momentum of our group, and recently have had a streak of really great books that have gotten us all excited again. The books we have enjoyed are: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, Artemis by Andy Weir, Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee, They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera, and Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The books that have made us collectively lose steam are: The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by George O’Neilly, Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey, Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon. Do you have any suggestions for us? We enjoy both non fiction and fiction. We have some readers that read almost exclusively non-fiction and some that read almost exclusively fiction. -Traci   2. Hey there! I’ve been a long time fan of your podcast, but this is the first time I’m actually looking for a personal recommendation. Recently I’ve read The Cranes Dance by Meg Howrey and I immediately fell in love. Ever since I’ve been trying to find books that deal with similar topics or themes, but nothing managed to live up to it. So, here’s what I’m looking for: books dealing with ballet or any kind of activity the main character is really obsessed with (I’m open to ideas), books that talk about some more philosophical ideas that don’t go over one’s head, character driven stories and a strong character voice (preferably from a female point of view). I already have Sally Rooney’s books on my TBR, I’ve read Donna Tartt, Elena Ferrante and My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Any ideas what I should pick up next? Thanks in advance! xoxo -Olivia   3. Hey Amanda & Jenn – Thanks for all you do at Book Riot for us readers out there! I’m hoping you can help me find more reading material on capital punishment. My interest in it peaked when I was reading Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson) and I later followed it up with The Sun Does Shine (Anthony Ray Hinton). I’d prefer non-fiction but I’ll take whatever you can give me! Thanks so much. -Nicole   4. Hi Jenn and Amanda! I was wondering if you could help me find some mystery/suspense books that involved two detectives who are a married couple. I’ve been binging through Agatha Christie’s “Tommy and Tuppence” series and I’m absolutely obsessed with their dynamic. Anything that involves a married couple (or romantic couple) solving crimes together and bantering is right up my alley! Thank you! -Mallory   5. I recently read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid and absolutely loved it! I am looking for recommendations for books that take place in old timey Hollywood that might be similar to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I enjoy stories told from different points of view, time jumping from present to past and wouldn’t say no to some mystery. Thank you in advance for your help! Looking forward to your recommendations. -Rebeca T   6. I really loved the book The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, and the movie Arrival is one of my favorites because I love the glimpses that both works give of linguists. I am looking for more books about linguists/linguistics. Fiction or non-fiction, as long as the non-fiction is accessible to a ‘regular’ non-academic. Thanks, -Angie   7. Hi Get Booked Ladies! I’m kind of obsessed with the works of Ray Bradbury, specifically Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes. I can’t seem to find any other books that capture the same sort of nostalgia and enigmatic, subtle magic that those books portrayed so wonderfully. Help please!!! Thanks, -Rin   Books Discussed Washington Black by Esi Edugyan The Night Ocean by Paul LaFarge (Cosmic Horror post) The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani “10 New Controversial Books to Shake up Your Book Club” Disoriental by Negar Djavadi, translated by Tina A. Kover Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler Pointe by Brandy Colbert (tw: eating disorders) Dancer by Colum McCann Burial Rites by Hannah Kent The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis A Touch of Stardust by Kate Alcott Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures by Emma Straub The Study of Animal Languages by Lindsay Stern Ammonite by Nicola Griffith The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

  Suzette D. Harrison, a native Californian and the middle of three daughters, grew up in a home where reading was required, not requested. Her literary “career” began in junior high school with the publishing of her poetry. While Mrs. Harrison pays homage to Alex Haley, Gloria Naylor, Alice Walker, Langston Hughes, and Toni Morrison as legends who inspired her creativity, it was Dr. Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings that unleashed her writing. The award-winning author of Taffy is a wife and mother who holds a culinary degree in Pastry & Baking. Mrs. Harrison is currently cooking up her next novel…in between batches of cookies. 

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We remember novelist Gloria Naylor, who died September 28, 2016, at the age of 66. Best known for The Women of Brewster Place, which received the National Book Award in 1983, and was adapted into a 1989 miniseries produced by Oprah Winfrey, Naylor speaks compassionately and critically about the notion of the American Dream. She explores this theme in three American classics: Nella Larsen’s novel Passing (1929), F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath (1939). This never-before-heard interview is from director Michael Epstein’s American Masters – Novel Reflections on the American Dream (2007). (Season 1, Episode 09 - Women on Women)

Faculty and the Department of English Professors Anita August, Pat Conti, and Carol Hampton will discuss different aspects of this novel.

In 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, Afaa Michael Weaver, formerly known as Michael S. Weaver, was born to working class parents. He attended public schools and graduated as a National Merit finalist at the age of sixteen. After two years at the University of Maryland, he entered the world of factory life alongside his father and uncles and remained a factory worker for fifteen years. These years were a literary apprenticeship during which he wrote and published poetry, short fiction, and freelance journalism. During that time he also started 7th Son Press and Blind Alleys, a literary journal. His first book of poetry, Water Song, was published in 1985 as part of the Callaloo series. He received a NEA fellowship for poetry six months after signing the contract for the collections and left factory life to accept admission into Brown University’s graduate writing program on a full university fellowship, where he completed the MA with a focus on theater and playwriting. Concurrently, he completed his BA in Literature in English through Excelsior College. Since Water Song, Weaver has published several more collections of poetry, including The Plum Flower Dance: Poems 1985 to 2005 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007); Multitudes; Sandy Point; and The Ten Lights of God, all of which appeared in 2000. His full length play Rosa was produced in 1993 at Venture Theater in Philadelphia under a small-Equity contract. His short fiction appears in Gloria Naylor’s Children of the Night and in Maria Gillan’s Identity Lessons. Weaver has been a Pew fellow in poetry and taught in National Taiwan University and Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan as a Fulbright Scholar. At Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, he is the Alumnae Professor of English and director of the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Center.

For this talk, we - together, you and I, audience and speaker - will explore maximalist writing as an aesthetics of excess that, according to Will Hertel, strives to "submerge readers with informational deluges, utilizing a variety of subject material and literary techniques and genres to maintain attention." However, chief among our discussion will be the question: what if one is a writer who only wants to use this technique occasionally, and elsewhere engage in a less elaborative style? Can this be achieved by crafting excess—that is, attending deliberately to pacing, use of figurative language, and/or a robust narrative voice? I believe so. Writers of any genre and experience can benefit from our discussions, which will include examinations of prose works from Richard Wright, Gloria Naylor, Don DeLillo, and Maxine Hong Kingston.