Podcast appearances and mentions of Margaret Garner

For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. 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

For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. 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

For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/poetry

For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-south

For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation.Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?”While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America's promise, my mother's song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets Collective, the oldest continuously running predominantly African American writing group in the country. He is a Professor of English, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program the University of Kentucky. You can find the host, Sullivan Summer, online, on Instagram, and at Substack, where she and Professor X continue their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction

After 25 years, Maestro Jim Meena is moving on from Opera Carolina. He led his last production, La Boheme , with the company as their artistic director and principal conductor. Meena sits down with WDAV’s Frank Dominguez to talk about his time as one of the Queen City’s longest and most influential artistic leaders. They chat about everything from memorable performances of operas like Margaret Garner to the challenges of the 2008 financial crisis and Covid pandemic.

After 25 years, Maestro Jim Meena is moving on from Opera Carolina. He led his last production, La Boheme, with the company as their artistic director and principal conductor. Meena sits down with WDAV's Frank Dominguez to talk about his time as one of the Queen City's longest and most influential artistic leaders. They chat about everything from memorable performances of operas like Margaret Garner to the challenges of the 2008 financial crisis and Covid pandemic.

Send us a textIn Episode 06 of Earl Grae Cafe, Earl (she/they) dives into Chapter 5 of Toni Morrison's The Origin of Others to explore the inspiration behind Morrison's Beloved: the true story of Margaret Garner, an enslaved mother who faced trial for infanticide during the Fugitive Slave Law era. In this 25-minute episode, Earl examines Morrison's reflection on the challenge of telling stories about those whose lives and voices are often erased—a powerful theme that echoes Saidiya Hartman's work in Venus in Two Acts.This episode offers a thoughtful look at storytelling, identity, and the unspoken lives of “Others.” New listeners can jump right in, while regulars can appreciate the building depth of each chapter. Be sure to check out previous episodes (1-5) for more of Earl's readings and reflections on Morrison's brilliant insights.Don't forget to like and subscribe to the PAGES Pod channel wherever you get your podcasts to stay tuned for more from Earl Grae Cafe!Past Episodes of Earl Grae Cafe:Episode 01: Earl Grae Cafe- The Origin of Others (Foreword)Episode 02: Earl Grae Cafe- The Origin of Others (Chapter 1)Episode 03: Earl Grae Cafe- The Origin of Others (Chapter 2)Episode 04: Earl Grae Cafe- The Origin of Others (Chapter 3)Episode 05: Earl Grae Cafe- The Origin of Others (Chapter 4)Other Pages Pod Episodes you might like:PAGES Pod Volume XXII: Afropessimism, Care, and [Fractured Kinship]PAGES Pod Volume XV: Body PoliticsPAGES Pod Volume XII: AfropessimismVisit the PAGES TRG Online Library - Here

Toni Morrison's 1987 novel "Beloved" takes place in Cincinnati after the Civil War and is loosely based on the life of Margaret Garner, an enslaved woman who escaped Kentucky in 1856 with her extended family. Subject to capture under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Garner was so determined to protect her children from being returned to slavery that she killed her youngest daughter – and was attempting to kill her remaining children – when US Marshalls broke into the Ohio cabin where the family was sheltering, awaiting further passage north.  If you'd like to make a suggestion for future reading send us your recommendations on the Big Book Club Podcast page on the Arlington Public Library website. Episode Links This episode: “Driven toward madness: the fugitive slave Margaret Garner and tragedy on the Ohio” by Nikki Taylor. “The Black Book" 1974, edited by Toni Morrison "Beloved" by Toni Morrison  Tulsa Race Massacre 1873 Colfax Massacre We're Reading and Watching Jennie – “Spy X Family” by Tatsuta Endo and “Legends and Lattes” by Travis Baldree  Pete – “Chain Gang All-Stars” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and “Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls” by Ann Martin  Upcoming book: "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner  

Book:  Beloved             By Toni Morrison   Film: Beloved (1998)   Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War, it tells the story of a family of formerly enslaved people whose Cincinnati home is haunted by a malevolent spirit. Beloved is inspired by an event that actually happened: Margaret Garner, an enslaved person in Kentucky, who escaped and fled to the free state of Ohio in 1856. She was subject to capture in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850; when U.S. marshals burst into the cabin where Garner and her husband had barricaded themselves, she was attempting to kill her children, and had already killed her two-year-old daughter, to spare them from being returned to slavery.  Morrison had come across an account of Garner titled "A Visit to the Slave Mother who Killed Her Child" in an 1856 newspaper article published in the American Baptist, and reproduced in The Black Book, a miscellaneous compilation of black history and culture that Morrison edited in 1974.   Beloved is a 1998 American psychological horror drama film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandiwe Newton. Based on Toni Morrison's 1987 novel of the same name, the plot centers on a former slave after the American Civil War, her haunting by a poltergeist, and the visitation of her reincarnated daughter.  Despite being a box office bomb Beloved received an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design for Colleen Atwood, the film received mostly positive reviews, and both Danny Glover and Kimberly Elise received praise for their performances.   Opening Credits; Introduction (2.30); Background History (21.42); Plot Synopsis (23.37); Book Thoughts(28.10); Let's Rate (56.09); Introducing a Film (58.22); Film Trailer (59.35); Lights, Camera, Action (1:01.35); How Many Stars (1:57.01); End Credits (2:01.20); Closing Credits (2:02.35)   Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved   Closing Credits:  Something In My House by Dead or Alive.  Taken from the album Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know.  Copyright 1986.  Epic Records. ​ Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast.    All rights reserved.  Used With Kind Permission.   All songs available through Amazon Music.  

In this episode of Lady Killers, Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika discuss the first four cases - brothel-keeper Mary McKinnon, chocolate-cream killer Christiana Edmonds, enslaved woman Margaret Garner and abortionist Elizabeth Taylor. They examine legal prejudice, frustrated sexual desire, illegal abortion, and slavery. They explore women's rights over their own bodies, and dig a little deeper into the parallels between women in the 19th century and women in contemporary society. Together they consider the extent to which progress can be taken for granted, and ask whether anything might have been better for women in the past than today. Producer: Emily Hughes Sound Design: Chris Maclean Series Producer: Julia Hayball A StoryHunter production for BBC Radio 4

Lucy Worsley looks at the crimes of women from the 19th and early 20th centuries from a contemporary, feminist perspective. Lucy explores the story of Margaret Garner, an enslaved mother in 1850s America, who commits a murder that transforms her into an icon of tragedy and resistance. Her life inspired Tony Morrison's Pulitzer-winning novel Beloved. To explore Margaret Garner's remarkable story and its contemporary resonances Lucy is joined by Nikki M Taylor, Professor of African American History at Howard University in Washington DC and the author of Driven Towards Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio. Margaret Garner and her small four children are owned by a farmer in the slave state of Kentucky, and they live a tantalising 16 miles from Cincinnati in the free state of Ohio. Margaret and her husband Robert, who is enslaved on a nearby farm, decide to risk their lives, and the lives of their children, for a chance of freedom on the other side of the Ohio River. On the night of 27th January 1856, in temperatures close to -20 degrees celsius, the family escapes on a sleigh and, against the odds, they evade capture and make it across the frozen river to what they hope will be freedom and safety. But their owners are hard on their heels, and soon Margaret will have to give a terrible answer to the question ‘is slavery a fate worse than death?'. Lucy wants to know what life was like for Margaret as an enslaved woman, wife and mother. How can we hear the voices of enslaved women when they left so few records of their lives? What does Margaret's story tell us about the lives of black women in America today? What effect did her story have on the abolitionist movement, and how can her story inform the fight against slavery and sex trafficking today? Producer: Jane Greenwood Readers: Moya Angela and Laurel Lefkow Sound Design: Chris Maclean Series Producer: Julia Hayball A StoryHunter production for BBC Radio 4

In 1987, Toni Morrison published her fourth novel, Beloved, based on the story of Margaret Garner, a woman who escaped slavery with her child. Garner and her daughter were discovered by slave catchers. Rather than have her return to slavery, Garner killed her child. In Beloved, Morrison's character Sethe has a similar story, but years later she meets a young girl who is the incarnation of the daughter she had killed. When Beloved came out, it immediately became Morrison's most acclaimed work. It was nominated for the National Book Award and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Beloved examines community, motherhood, identity, slavery, freedom, and our relationship to the past. Amy Hungerford is the Vice President for Arts and Sciences as well as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. She is a professor of English and the author of Making Literature Now and The Holocaust of Texts: Genocide, Literature, and Personification. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod. 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

In 1987, Toni Morrison published her fourth novel, Beloved, based on the story of Margaret Garner, a woman who escaped slavery with her child. Garner and her daughter were discovered by slave catchers. Rather than have her return to slavery, Garner killed her child. In Beloved, Morrison's character Sethe has a similar story, but years later she meets a young girl who is the incarnation of the daughter she had killed. When Beloved came out, it immediately became Morrison's most acclaimed work. It was nominated for the National Book Award and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Beloved examines community, motherhood, identity, slavery, freedom, and our relationship to the past. Amy Hungerford is the Vice President for Arts and Sciences as well as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. She is a professor of English and the author of Making Literature Now and The Holocaust of Texts: Genocide, Literature, and Personification. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod. 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

In 1987, Toni Morrison published her fourth novel, Beloved, based on the story of Margaret Garner, a woman who escaped slavery with her child. Garner and her daughter were discovered by slave catchers. Rather than have her return to slavery, Garner killed her child. In Beloved, Morrison's character Sethe has a similar story, but years later she meets a young girl who is the incarnation of the daughter she had killed. When Beloved came out, it immediately became Morrison's most acclaimed work. It was nominated for the National Book Award and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Beloved examines community, motherhood, identity, slavery, freedom, and our relationship to the past. Amy Hungerford is the Vice President for Arts and Sciences as well as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. She is a professor of English and the author of Making Literature Now and The Holocaust of Texts: Genocide, Literature, and Personification. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

In 1987, Toni Morrison published her fourth novel, Beloved, based on the story of Margaret Garner, a woman who escaped slavery with her child. Garner and her daughter were discovered by slave catchers. Rather than have her return to slavery, Garner killed her child. In Beloved, Morrison's character Sethe has a similar story, but years later she meets a young girl who is the incarnation of the daughter she had killed. When Beloved came out, it immediately became Morrison's most acclaimed work. It was nominated for the National Book Award and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Beloved examines community, motherhood, identity, slavery, freedom, and our relationship to the past. Amy Hungerford is the Vice President for Arts and Sciences as well as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. She is a professor of English and the author of Making Literature Now and The Holocaust of Texts: Genocide, Literature, and Personification. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

In 1987, Toni Morrison published her fourth novel, Beloved, based on the story of Margaret Garner, a woman who escaped slavery with her child. Garner and her daughter were discovered by slave catchers. Rather than have her return to slavery, Garner killed her child. In Beloved, Morrison's character Sethe has a similar story, but years later she meets a young girl who is the incarnation of the daughter she had killed. When Beloved came out, it immediately became Morrison's most acclaimed work. It was nominated for the National Book Award and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Beloved examines community, motherhood, identity, slavery, freedom, and our relationship to the past. Amy Hungerford is the Vice President for Arts and Sciences as well as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. She is a professor of English and the author of Making Literature Now and The Holocaust of Texts: Genocide, Literature, and Personification. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Career educator and Michiana griot Brother Sage and wife Charlotte Pfeifer Gillam, a community advocate, activist and pioneering politician share a loving approach to African American history. Community  is everything to this South Bend, Indiana couple who hail from various locations prior to their current home including Ohio, Michigan and East St. Louis, IL.  In this episode they give an audio tour of the travels of enslaved peoples via the Midwestern Underground Railroad route  and its conditions at the time. The two are also generous with their advice on pursuing education, the power of HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), preserving history and finding a partner in love with whom to share these senior years.This episode first aired on KBLA Talk 1580 in Los Angeles, CA. 

Margaret Garner (1834-1858) is known for a desperate act that became immortalized in Toni Morrison's award winning novel, Beloved.This month, we're talking about muses–women who were drivers of creativity and inspiration. Once again, we're proud to partner with Mercedes-Benz (whose famous namesake was inspired by a young muse named Mercedes). Tune in daily for stories of women whose lives inspired work that has shaped our culture.History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn't help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should.Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more.  Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Liz Smith, Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Ale Tejeda, Sara Schleede, and Alex Jhamb Burns. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran.We are offering free ad space on Wonder Media Network shows to organizations working towards social justice. For more information, please email Jenny at pod@wondermedianetwork.com.Follow Wonder Media Network:WebsiteInstagramTwitter

The Great American Novel podcast is an ongoing discussion about the novels we hold up as significant achievements in our American literary culture.  Additionally, we sometimes suggest novels who should break into the sometimes problematical canon and at other times we'll suggest books which can be dropped from such lofty consideration.  Your hosts are Kirk Curnutt and Scott Yarbrough, professors with little time and less sense who nonetheless enjoy a good book banter.   Our 8th episode is a consideration of one of the most significant works of Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison.  We dive deep into Morrison's 6th novel, BELOVED, and consider the ways our culture is still wrestling with the demons she evokes in this 1987 Pulitzer Prize winning novel.  Based partly on the true story of escaped slave Margaret Garner, Beloved tells the story of Sethe and her community, and asks what it means to be haunted by a past that cannot be buried, even if people would just as soon not pass the story on.   Our canon fodder suggestion in this episode is Margaret Walker's 1966 novel, Jubilee.  All show music is by Lobo Loco.  The intro song is “Old Ralley”; the midpoint intermission is “The First Minute,” and the outro is “Inspector Invisible.”  For more information see here: https://locolobomusic.com/.  

The cover art of Adrian Younge's album The American Negro depicts the shocking image of a man hanging from a tree. Flip the cover over and the other image reveals that on his back is a note which reads 'This n***** voter." You may ask "Why, do we need an image so offensive? Or an album like this one now?" A multi-hyphenate artist dedicated to shining a light on the unsung heroes of soul, jazz and culture, Adrian also shares a deep love for history which he is keen to impart to us. As he believes knowledge and education are the key to understanding our current social ills.The American Negro is a multi-pronged project that includes a short film called TAN and Younge's podcast Invisible Blackness. His conversations with Public Enemy's Chuck D and Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron's jazz collaborator on "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and some of the most crucial albums of the '70s contributing to the Black Consciouness —are illuminating and not to be missed.Many thanks for making this possible — Adrian for taking on this work of helping us all to educate ourselves. To Dru Lojero at Linear Labs for assistance with music clearance. To Jazz Is Dead for use of Masters and to Sony Publishing. Thanks to Shazila Mohamad and Zoe HInes at Grandstand Media for additional support.Songs Featured: "The American Negro," "Bitches Do Voodoo," "Sirens," James Mincey Jr," "Margaret Garner," "Race Is A Fellacy" and "Light On The Horizon."To share your thoughts on this episode, email: celine.teoblockey@undertheradarmag.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patdro Harris (Director/Broadway Choreographer/Writer) is nationally and internationally recognized and respected by colleagues, critics, and fans. The Washington Post hails him as a "superb choreographer". The New York Times applauds his artistry as "praiseworthy". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution enthusiastically commends his work as "dynamic … brilliant…solid season after season". And the Houston Chronicle says “...excellent and energizing direction and stunning choreography makes the show an absolute joy to experience”.  He has directed at distinguished theaters such as The Alliance Theater, Sacramento Theatre Company, Round House Theater, Liberty Theater Cultural Center, San Diego Repertory Theater Company, Penumbra Theater, Tuskegee Repertory Theater, Ensemble Theater, Kenny Leon's True Colors Theater Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Theatrical Outfit, Connecticut Repertory Theater, The Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Howard University, Syracuse University, Florida A&M University & the University of Northern Colorado. He also served as choreographer, artistic consultant, and movement director with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre D.C, City Theatre of Pittsburgh, Minneapolis Mixed Blood Theatre, Jomandi Productions, The National Black Theatre Festival, Guthrie Theater, The National Black Arts Festival, Portland Center Stage, and Broadway's Royal Theatre.  Patdro has traveled the world as choreographer and lead dancer for the incomparable Stevie Wonder. He has worked with such artists as The SOS Band, TC Carson, Daryl Coley, Yolanda Adams, and India Arie. His talents were also showcased as Choreographer and Movement Specialist in Toni Morrison's world premiere opera, “Margaret Garner”. He choreographed the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit “A Raisin in the Sun” starring Sean Combs and Phylicia Rashad. Mr. Harris attended Alabama State University. In his current home of Atlanta, Georgia he has served on many arts committees including the Georgia Council for the Arts, and the Advisory Dance Panel for the Bureau of Cultural Affairs. He holds to his credit the 1996 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Choreography and has been honored with a nomination for the same award for Best Supporting Actor. He has received a 2009, 2010, 2011, & 2016 Giorgee Award for best director & best show of the Year. Mr. Harris served as the first choreographer on the popular reboot TV show Dynasty season 3 episode 4. In 2019 & 2013 he received Atlanta's top theatre award, The Suzi Bass Award for Outstanding Director of a Play Support the show: https://theanswersandiego.com/radioshow/8349 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1987, Toni Morrison published her fourth novel, Beloved, based on the story of Margaret Garner, a woman who escaped slavery with her child. Garner and her daughter were discovered by slave catchers. Rather than have her return to slavery, Garner killed her child. In Beloved, Morrison’s character Sethe has a similar story, but years later she meets a young girl who is the incarnation of the daughter she had killed. When Beloved came out, it immediately became Morrison’s most acclaimed work. It was nominated for the National Book Award and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Beloved examines community, motherhood, identity, slavery, freedom, and our relationship to the past. Amy Hungerford is the Vice President for Arts and Sciences as well as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. She is a professor of English and the author of Making Literature Now and The Holocaust of Texts: Genocide, Literature, and Personification. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod.

“Ser libre era una cosa, pero reivindicar la propiedad de esa libertad era harina de otro costal”. Fragmento de 'Beloved', de Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison fue una de las voces literarias más poderosas de los Estados Unidos, y la primera mujer afroamericana en ganar el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1.993, entre otros muchos galardones. Nacida Chloe Anthony Wofford el 18 de Febrero de 1.931, en una familia obrera de Lorain en Ohio, creció enamorada de la lectura, la música y el folclore. Se graduó en letras en la Universidad de Howard y se doctoró en la Universidad de Cornell, con una tesis sobre el suicidio en la obra de William Faulkner y Virginia Woolf. Estuvo casada un breve tiempo con el arquitecto jamaicano Harold Morrison, del que adoptó su apellido, con el que tuvo dos hijos. Escribió sus cuatro primeras novelas, “Ojos azules”de 1.970, “Sula” de 1.973, “La canción de Salomón” de 1.977 y “La Isla de los caballeros” de 1.971, mientras trabajaba como editora en Nueva York. Su quinta obra, “Beloved” publicada en 1.987, fue un éxito de ventas y elogiada por la crítica y el público. De 1.989 a 2006 impartió clases en la Universidad de Princeton. En 2005 escribió el libreto de “Margaret Garner”, una ópera basada en la historia que inspiró “Beloved”. Toni Morrison continuó escribiendo y conferenciando contra la censura y la represión hasta su fallecimiento el 5 de Agosto de 2019, en la ciudad de Nueva York, a los ochenta y ocho años. A finales del siglo XX, la escritura afroamericana había evolucionado desde las narraciones de esclavos de 150 años atrás hasta formar todo un canon dentro de la literatura estadounidense. Partiendo de obras instructivas como “Ascenso desde la esclavitud” de Booker T. Washington, de 1.901, y pasando por la vibrante literatura Renacimiento de Harlem de la década de 1.920, alcanzó un punto álgido en la novela filosófica de Ralph Ellison “El hombre invisible”, de 1.952. Desde finales de esa década y en la siguiente, los jóvenes autores negros se vieron estimulados por los movimientos pro derechos civiles y el “Black Power”. “Beloved”, de Toni Morrison, apareció en medio de un nuevo florecimiento de la literatura afroamericana iniciado en la década de 1.970, cuando autores como Alex Haley, Maya Angelou y Alice Walker, con obras como “Raíces” o “El color púrpura”, buscaron vías para explorar los temas de las razas, la identidad y la herencia de la esclavitud. Esta afirmación literaria del poder negro con autores como el dominicano- estadounidense Junot Díaz o la haitiano-estadounidense Edwidge Danticat. En sus primeras novelas, “Ojos azules”, “Sula” y “La canción de Salomón”, Morrison se había centrado en la experiencia afroamericana en su propia época, aportando una voz original sobre temas como el renacimiento moral y espiritual, los estándares de belleza blancos y la hermandad entre mujeres. “Beloved”, ganadora del Pulitzer, se considera una de las obras más influyentes de la literatura afroamericana. Dedicada a los que se cree que murieron en los barcos negreros y en cautividad, recupera la memoria y la identidad negra, dirimiendo simbólicamente problemas que hoy siguen siendo ignorados. Inspirada en el caso real de Margaret Garner, una esclava fugitiva que mató a su hija tras ser detenida por la policía de Cincinati, Ohio, “Beloved” es un fragmento de historia social con una poderosa intención política, pero que subvierte las expectativas de su género mediante el uso de la fantasía expresionista y la estilización retórica. Asímismo Morrison reafirma sus raíces y su orgullo por el folclore africano al introducir en la novela la cultura y la mitología de los negros estadounidenses. Emplea el rito y el habla propios del discurso afroamericano, pero no como un simple pastiche lingüistico, sino como una voz lírica, encantadora, haciendo uso a menudo de repeticiones poéticas al principio y al final de monologos interiores como: “Beloved es mi hermana….Es mía. Beloved. Es mía. Soy Beloved y ella es mía”. La autora inventa un estilo narrativo femenino construido en torno a la maternidad, la hermandad femenina, el evangelismo afrocristiano, los ritos tribales y los fantasmas. Morrison le pide al lector que se implique en un nuevo relato de la historia basado en una sencilla intimidad con lo sobrenatural. “Beloved” comienza en 1.873 en Cincinati. La esclavitud ha sido abolida, pero el racismo aún hace estragos. Sethe, una antigua esclava, vive con su hija Denver, de 18 años, en una casa hechizada por el espíritu rencoroso de un bebé llamado 124 por el número de la casa donde habitan. Dos hijos de Sethe huyeron hace años y Baby Suggs, su suegra, ha muerto. La llegada de Paul D. que vivió como esclavo con ella en Sweet Home, Kentucky, inicia un proceso que libera el pasado. El viaje en el tiempo narrativo de Morrison avanza y retrocede entre el presente de Sethe y los sucesos de veinte años atrás, cuando los esclavos huidos al norte estaban sujetos a las leyes de esclavos fugitivos, que permitían a sus amos cruzar a los estados libres y reclamar su propiedad. Poco a poco se revela la historia de Sethe. Ella y su marido, Halle, planeaban evadirse, incapaces de soportar el trato de , el nuevo jefe de Sweet Home. Sethe, embarazada, envió por delante a sus dos hijos y a su hijita, aún bebé. Al no llegar Halle al punto de encuentro acordado, Sethe siguió sola y por el camino dio a luz a su nueva hija con la ayuda de una joven blanca llamada Amy Denver. Tras alcanzar la seguridad de Cincinati, encontró la felicidad por un tiempo junto a su suegra, Baby Suggs, esclava liberada. La llegada del Maestro con una partida para llevar de vuelta a la granja a Sethe y sus hijos desencadenó un suceso horroroso, cuyos detalles se revelarán más adelante. El bien y el mal no se oponen claramente en esta historia. En su núcleo hay un acto terrible que es producto de un profundo amor. La sociedad supuestamente libre que los comprensivos blancos ofrecen a los esclavos liberados se asienta sobre un racismo y una segregación incuestionables. Paul D. aborda la absurda noción de propietarios “buenos” y “malos” cuando rememora la vida en Sweet Home bajo el benigno Mr. Garner. En otras granjas, los esclavos varones eran castrados para hacerlos manejables; pero los hombre de Garner . Tras la muerte de este, el régimen de crueldad instituido por “el Maestro” les enseñará la verdadera condición de su esclavitud, y Paul D entiende que solo eran hombres en su propia tierra gracias a la protección de Mr. Garner: “Un paso fuera de esta tierras y eran intrusos entre la raza humana”, se lee en la novela. La autorrepresión provocada por años de represión sociopolítica es un tema central en la novela. Los recuerdos enterrados son las esquirlas emocionales que hacen tan dura la determinación de ser libres, y que son extraídas como una necesidad psicológica. Morrison sugiere que los estadounidenses negros solo pueden empezar a vivir en el presente si afrontan el pasado. A lo largo de la novela, los fragmentos de sucesos anteriores en la vida de Sethe y Paul D. afloran lentamente a la superficie, fusionándose en una horrorosa descripción de las condiciones de la esclavitud en el Sur: relatos demasiados terribles como para ser contados en una narración consecutiva. En el original inglés, Sethe usa la palabra inventada “rememory” (rememoria) para la clase de recuerdo que lleva a los exesclavos a lo más profundo del pasado, hasta los aterradores lugares que siempre aguardan para reclamarlos. Las “rememorias” de Sethe incluyen la época en que el “Maestro” enseñó a su sobrino a enumerar sus características humanas y animales, y la ocasión en que sus muchachos la inmovilizaron y se bebieron la leche de sus pechos. Paul D. guarda sus recuerdos en una . Baby Suggs recuerda los nacimientos de siete hijos de siete padres distintos, y la pérdida de todos ellos. La encarnación de ese doloroso pasado es Beloved, una joven vestida de seda y con flamantes zapatos que aparece en el hogar después de que Paul D. ahuyente al espíritu del bebé. Esta mujer acaparadora, de piel tan suave como la de un niño, es violentamente egoísta y tiene un conocimiento inexplicable del pasado de Sethe. Esta tarda en reconocer lo que es obvio para Denver. Beloved es una muerta que ha regresado a la vida, es el bebé muerto de Sethe, crecido hasta la madurez y ansioso del amor que le fue negado. Ella es la personificación de la culpa de Sethe, destructora y propicia a la vez, que sonsaca los relatos más difíciles de articular. Su propia historia rememora las bodegas atestadas de los barcos negreros y los cuerpos arrojados al mar. Beloved parece encarnar el sufrimiento de sesenta millones “y más”, pero nada es seguro. El verdadero elemento que ha de ser querido es el sentimiento del yo. La reivindicación de uno mismo, tema central en la obra de Toni Morrison, es un imperativo, pues no hay nada en el panorama que los exesclavos puedan poseer. Despojados de una vida familiar normal, emparejados al azar, comprados, y su descendencia vendida, los esclavos quedan definidos por su esclavitud. Empezados con esos primeros pasos vacilantes en libertad, los sucesos de la novela presagian el largo camino que queda por delante. En la década de 1.950, el protagonista de “El hombre invisible” de Ellison aún estaba a la búsqueda de un yo, y podemos oír la retórica de Martin Luther King en el sermón de Baby Suggs en el bosque: “En este lugar carne somos. Carne que llora y ríe, carne que baila con los pies descalzos en la hierba. Amadla”. El orgullo de la raza, del sexo y del yo es la mejor medicina, porque, como Paul D. le dice a Sethe: “Lo mejor que tienes eres tú”.

Episode 21: REMEMBERING THE HISTORY OF MARGARET GARNER with Dr. Cassandra Jones In honor of Black History Month, Kat, Jen, and Christina welcome Dr. Cassandra L. Jones (https://uc.academia.edu/CassandraLJones/CurriculumVitae) to discuss the tragic story of Margaret Garner, a young woman who escaped to Cincinnati with her family from the home in Boone County where they were enslaved. The tragedy and trial were catalysts of the Civil War but her own voice has been lost. She never had the opportunity to tell her story; appropriated by both sides to push their narrative. Toni Morrison based her book Beloved on Margaret's story and imbued it with a paranormal subplot. Dr. Cassandra Jones, an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati and an affiliate faculty member in Film and Media Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, helps us navigate this devastating part of Cincinnati and American history and its relevance in today's society and media. Listener discretion! Tonight we are talking about an iconic Cincinnati true crime, but this story is more than that. The Garner family story is about fighting for liberation during the years before the American Civil War, how it was denied, and its impact on society to this day. Trigger warning for child death and trauma. This is a hard story to hear but I would not suggest skipping it. NOTE: Due to the winter storm, there were some bandwidth issues and we had to turn our cameras off during the round table discussion. Resources used for tonight's show: The Cincinnati Enquirer, the New York Times (2019, 1856), Blackpast.org, Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, Soul of America, The Anti-Slavery Bugle (Salem, Ohio 1856), Weekly Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis, Indiana 1856), Wikipedia. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/margaret-garner-overlooked.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Garner https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/margaret-garner-incident-1856/ https://www.soulofamerica.com/us-cities/cincinnati/cincinnati-historic-sites/ https://shenandoahliterary.org/blog/2016/02/the-slave-mother-a-tale-of-ohio-by-frances-ellen-watkins-harper/ https://omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/1509 Recommended Books: Beloved-Toni Morrison MODERN MEDEA-Steven Weisenburger Frontiers of Freedom: Cincinnati's Black Community 1802–1868 (Law Society & Politics in the Midwest)-Nikki M. Taylor Driven toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio (New Approaches to Midwestern History)-Nikki M. Taylor Science Fiction Books: Kindred-Octavia E. Butler The Good House: A Novel-Tananarive Due Binti Trilogy-Nnedi Okorafor Ted Talk about the mathematics of African design: https://www.ted.com/talks/ron_eglash_the_fractals_at_the_heart_of_african_designs?language=en#t-995743 Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! hometownhauntedmail@gmail.com Drops every Wednesday at midnight! Follow us on Social: @cincabinetcurio (twitter) @cincycabinetofcuriosities (instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (facebook) Follow Kat: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/witches-sorcerers-/list?title_no=417865 Follow Christina: https://embracethecrone.com/ https://www.instagram.com/cswyellokat/ Follow Jen: https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

Cincinnati was free soil but not necessarily a place of warm and welcome reception for the freedom seekers. Black Laws were passed to suppress free Black communities in Cincinnati and the mix of free Blacks with enslaved Blacks was highly discouraged. The Margaret Garner case received worldwide attention when Garner and her family was captured in Cincinnati as they fled the A.K. Gaines Maplewood Plantation in Boone County, Kentucky. Garner slit the throats of her four children, killing her two-year-old daughter, rather than have her children enslaved. The family was captured by Gaines and federal marshals and shipped downriver.

    Welcome to the very first minisode in our  Black from the Past™ series.  Black from the Past™ is our contribution to preserving and normalizing Black history. Here's where we shine a light on Black women who are often forgotten,  but have most certainly made an impact on the Black female culture. Today's spotlight is shinning bright on Margaret Garner, who in one heart wrenching moment slit the throat of her 2-year-old daughter rather than return her to slavery. Tune in to hear an account of Margaret Garner's desperate act of love. Here are few things to ponder while listening: How far back the dehumanization of Black people date The depths that a parent will go to ensure her child is out of harm’s way The Psychological and emotional effects that Slavery had on Black people Slavery being a worse fate than death Not only have artists and poets honored Margaret Garner with their paintbrushes and proses, her story was the inspiration behind Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved, (also available as an audio book) paper back the movie Beloved  starring Oprah Winfrey, Kimberly Elise, and Thandie  Newton, and it later inspired the 2005 opera, Margaret Garner composed by Richard Danielpour. Although indirectly,  Margaret Garner has made significant contributions to the Black female experience. So today we shine a light on her, we celebrate her and we honor her.   Below are a few links where you can read more about her story. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/margaret-garner-incident-1856/ https://www.npr.org/2010/11/17/131395936/a-mother-s-desperate-act-margaret-garner https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2F7K_Stampede_of_Slaves_The_Margaret_Garner_Family_Tragedy_Near_Covington_KY https://mrroukisela.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/commonlit_margaret-garner-defying-the-fugitive-slave-act_student.pdf Do you have a family member or know of someone you would like to see us shine a light on?  Send us an email at hi@shadesofstrong.com with the subject line Black from the Past suggestion or hop over to our website at shadesofstrong.com and leave us a voice message and we'll do our best to make it happen.  

~ Margaret Garner & "The Scourged Back" of Gordon ~

The libretto for this week’s piece was written by poet laureate and iconic literary figure Toni Morrison. Margaret Garner is an opera that tells the story of an escaped slave who is captured but decides to kill her own children rather than see them forced back into slavery. Our own Angela Brown voiced one of the principal characters during the world premiere in Detroit, and she walks us through this powerful and thought-provoking opera. Support the show (https://classicalmusicindy.org/support-classical-music-indy/)

In honor of Black History Month And Women's History Month, I discuss the history of motherhood for black mothers. We talk about wet mothers, Mamie Till, Toni Morrison, and Margaret Garner. African American women have had a long journey to being able to freely be mothers to their own children. I also talk about my blessing way and what an honor the experience was for me. Check out today's sponsor, The Birth Lounge www.thebirthlounge.com Use code PUSHTHRU5 to save $5 off/each month Theme: Joakim Karud - Dizzy Music - Roll Jordan Roll (feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor) Mother To Son- By Langston https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47559/mother-to-son The Untold Story of Emmett Till- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvijYSJtkQk Margaret Garner - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/margaret-garner-overlooked.html Website: www.pushthrumom.com Follow: @pushthrumom Workshops: https://keishareaves.com/workshops/

Mariam discusses the life of Margaret Garner, the real life Kentucky Woman who inspired Toni Morrison’s novel, Beloved. This episode may be difficult for some listeners to hear, listener’s discretion is advised.

In this episode, we're talking Toni Morrison's modern masterpiece Beloved. Memory, magic, motherhood, murder--nothing's off the table in our discussion about this moving and otherworldly novel about a runaway slave who is haunted by her dead daughter's ghost. Listen in, and then join the conversation in the comments section below! To reread with us, grab a copy of Beloved at your local bookstore or neighborhood library, or download it from your favorite digital book space.Beyond Re:ReadAs our Re:Readers know all too well, the 1998 film version of Beloved was shot right in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where we were both born and raised. Borrow a copy from your local library or rent it to stream on Amazon.Fast FactsWhen Beloved was passed over for the National Book Award, 48 African American writers signed onto a letter of protest that was published in the New York Times Book Review. The novel went on to earn Morrison the Pulitzer Prize in literature. Did we mention that the film version of Beloved was shot at the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum in Lancaster County? We DID? Well what are you waiting for: Go, go, go! Toni Morrison doesn't just write novels, children's book, and plays ... she also wrote the libretto for Margaret Garner, an opera based on the real-life story that also inspired Beloved!

You may know Toni Morrison's famed novel Beloved, but do you know much about the true story of the woman depicted in that story? You will know about the real story and more, by reading her biography called Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio (Ohio University Press, 2016) authored by Howard University Professor of History and Department Chair Nikki Taylor. Driven Toward Madness tells the story of how fugitive slave Margaret Garner and her family escaped to free Ohio in late January 1856, only to be captured in a cabin outside of Cincinnati. What happened as the Garner family were being apprehended is the climax of the story; Taylor shows what drove Margaret's attempt to kill all four of her children, while only successfully doing so by way of decapitating her two year-old daughter Mary. Based in history, Taylor uses various theoretical frameworks like trauma studies, pain studies, black feminist theory, and literary criticism to broaden our understandings of the why surrounding Margaret Garner's murder of her child. Taylor broadens popular understandings of black womanhood, resistance, and what are acceptable forms of gendered violence. In doing so, Taylor displays the ways antagonistic groups like abolitionists and pro-slavery activists both used Garner's story for their own causes without necessarily recognizing Garner's agency and humanity. Ultimately, Taylor expresses how far a person could go to protect their child from bondage, even if that meant taking their life so they reached freedom elsewhere. Author Nikki M. Taylor is Professor of History and History Department Chair at Howard University. Her work focuses on nineteenth-century African American History. Her sub-specialties are in Urban, African American Women, and Intellectual History. Adam McNeil is a graduating M.A. in History student at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, and received his Undergraduate History degree at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may know Toni Morrison’s famed novel Beloved, but do you know much about the true story of the woman depicted in that story? You will know about the real story and more, by reading her biography called Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio (Ohio University Press, 2016) authored by Howard University Professor of History and Department Chair Nikki Taylor. Driven Toward Madness tells the story of how fugitive slave Margaret Garner and her family escaped to free Ohio in late January 1856, only to be captured in a cabin outside of Cincinnati. What happened as the Garner family were being apprehended is the climax of the story; Taylor shows what drove Margaret’s attempt to kill all four of her children, while only successfully doing so by way of decapitating her two year-old daughter Mary. Based in history, Taylor uses various theoretical frameworks like trauma studies, pain studies, black feminist theory, and literary criticism to broaden our understandings of the why surrounding Margaret Garner’s murder of her child. Taylor broadens popular understandings of black womanhood, resistance, and what are acceptable forms of gendered violence. In doing so, Taylor displays the ways antagonistic groups like abolitionists and pro-slavery activists both used Garner’s story for their own causes without necessarily recognizing Garner’s agency and humanity. Ultimately, Taylor expresses how far a person could go to protect their child from bondage, even if that meant taking their life so they reached freedom elsewhere. Author Nikki M. Taylor is Professor of History and History Department Chair at Howard University. Her work focuses on nineteenth-century African American History. Her sub-specialties are in Urban, African American Women, and Intellectual History. Adam McNeil is a graduating M.A. in History student at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, and received his Undergraduate History degree at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may know Toni Morrison's famed novel Beloved, but do you know much about the true story of the woman depicted in that story? You will know about the real story and more, by reading her biography called Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio (Ohio University Press, 2016) authored by Howard University Professor of History and Department Chair Nikki Taylor. Driven Toward Madness tells the story of how fugitive slave Margaret Garner and her family escaped to free Ohio in late January 1856, only to be captured in a cabin outside of Cincinnati. What happened as the Garner family were being apprehended is the climax of the story; Taylor shows what drove Margaret's attempt to kill all four of her children, while only successfully doing so by way of decapitating her two year-old daughter Mary. Based in history, Taylor uses various theoretical frameworks like trauma studies, pain studies, black feminist theory, and literary criticism to broaden our understandings of the why surrounding Margaret Garner's murder of her child. Taylor broadens popular understandings of black womanhood, resistance, and what are acceptable forms of gendered violence. In doing so, Taylor displays the ways antagonistic groups like abolitionists and pro-slavery activists both used Garner's story for their own causes without necessarily recognizing Garner's agency and humanity. Ultimately, Taylor expresses how far a person could go to protect their child from bondage, even if that meant taking their life so they reached freedom elsewhere. Author Nikki M. Taylor is Professor of History and History Department Chair at Howard University. Her work focuses on nineteenth-century African American History. Her sub-specialties are in Urban, African American Women, and Intellectual History. Adam McNeil is a graduating M.A. in History student at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, and received his Undergraduate History degree at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 2015. 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

You may know Toni Morrison’s famed novel Beloved, but do you know much about the true story of the woman depicted in that story? You will know about the real story and more, by reading her biography called Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio (Ohio University Press, 2016) authored by Howard University Professor of History and Department Chair Nikki Taylor. Driven Toward Madness tells the story of how fugitive slave Margaret Garner and her family escaped to free Ohio in late January 1856, only to be captured in a cabin outside of Cincinnati. What happened as the Garner family were being apprehended is the climax of the story; Taylor shows what drove Margaret’s attempt to kill all four of her children, while only successfully doing so by way of decapitating her two year-old daughter Mary. Based in history, Taylor uses various theoretical frameworks like trauma studies, pain studies, black feminist theory, and literary criticism to broaden our understandings of the why surrounding Margaret Garner’s murder of her child. Taylor broadens popular understandings of black womanhood, resistance, and what are acceptable forms of gendered violence. In doing so, Taylor displays the ways antagonistic groups like abolitionists and pro-slavery activists both used Garner’s story for their own causes without necessarily recognizing Garner’s agency and humanity. Ultimately, Taylor expresses how far a person could go to protect their child from bondage, even if that meant taking their life so they reached freedom elsewhere. Author Nikki M. Taylor is Professor of History and History Department Chair at Howard University. Her work focuses on nineteenth-century African American History. Her sub-specialties are in Urban, African American Women, and Intellectual History. Adam McNeil is a graduating M.A. in History student at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, and received his Undergraduate History degree at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may know Toni Morrison’s famed novel Beloved, but do you know much about the true story of the woman depicted in that story? You will know about the real story and more, by reading her biography called Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio (Ohio University Press, 2016) authored by Howard University Professor of History and Department Chair Nikki Taylor. Driven Toward Madness tells the story of how fugitive slave Margaret Garner and her family escaped to free Ohio in late January 1856, only to be captured in a cabin outside of Cincinnati. What happened as the Garner family were being apprehended is the climax of the story; Taylor shows what drove Margaret’s attempt to kill all four of her children, while only successfully doing so by way of decapitating her two year-old daughter Mary. Based in history, Taylor uses various theoretical frameworks like trauma studies, pain studies, black feminist theory, and literary criticism to broaden our understandings of the why surrounding Margaret Garner’s murder of her child. Taylor broadens popular understandings of black womanhood, resistance, and what are acceptable forms of gendered violence. In doing so, Taylor displays the ways antagonistic groups like abolitionists and pro-slavery activists both used Garner’s story for their own causes without necessarily recognizing Garner’s agency and humanity. Ultimately, Taylor expresses how far a person could go to protect their child from bondage, even if that meant taking their life so they reached freedom elsewhere. Author Nikki M. Taylor is Professor of History and History Department Chair at Howard University. Her work focuses on nineteenth-century African American History. Her sub-specialties are in Urban, African American Women, and Intellectual History. Adam McNeil is a graduating M.A. in History student at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, and received his Undergraduate History degree at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may know Toni Morrison’s famed novel Beloved, but do you know much about the true story of the woman depicted in that story? You will know about the real story and more, by reading her biography called Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio (Ohio University Press, 2016) authored by Howard University Professor of History and Department Chair Nikki Taylor. Driven Toward Madness tells the story of how fugitive slave Margaret Garner and her family escaped to free Ohio in late January 1856, only to be captured in a cabin outside of Cincinnati. What happened as the Garner family were being apprehended is the climax of the story; Taylor shows what drove Margaret’s attempt to kill all four of her children, while only successfully doing so by way of decapitating her two year-old daughter Mary. Based in history, Taylor uses various theoretical frameworks like trauma studies, pain studies, black feminist theory, and literary criticism to broaden our understandings of the why surrounding Margaret Garner’s murder of her child. Taylor broadens popular understandings of black womanhood, resistance, and what are acceptable forms of gendered violence. In doing so, Taylor displays the ways antagonistic groups like abolitionists and pro-slavery activists both used Garner’s story for their own causes without necessarily recognizing Garner’s agency and humanity. Ultimately, Taylor expresses how far a person could go to protect their child from bondage, even if that meant taking their life so they reached freedom elsewhere. Author Nikki M. Taylor is Professor of History and History Department Chair at Howard University. Her work focuses on nineteenth-century African American History. Her sub-specialties are in Urban, African American Women, and Intellectual History. Adam McNeil is a graduating M.A. in History student at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, and received his Undergraduate History degree at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soprano Anna NetrebkoMilacron “Cyrano de Bergerac” is an opera by Franco Alfano. Michigan Opera Theatre’s David DiChiera also wrote an opera titled “Cyrano” that premiered in 2007.Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Cincinnati Ballet Pittsburgh Opera Correction: The plantation referred to was Maplewood plantation in Boone County, Kentucky. Margaret Garner, an enslaved African-American woman whose story inspired the opera “Margaret Garner,” was born and lived in servitude on this plantation.

Toni Morrison är en av de riktigt stora amerikanska författarna. Mona Masri samtalar om nya boken med Valerie Kyeyne Backström från tidskriften Bang och kulturredaktionens Ulla Strängberg. Lyssna på hela torsdagens P1 Kultur med Mona Masri här Toni Morrison har belönats med i princip vartenda stort litteraturpris, inklusive Nobelpriset i litteratur. Det tilldelades hon 1993 med motiveringen "som genom en romankonst präglad av visionär kraft och poetisk pregnans levandegör en väsentlig sida av amerikansk verklighet". Det handlar ofta om episka, historiska romaner som på olika sätt kretsar kring slaveriet, rasfrågor, familj och identitet. Debuten "De blåaste ögonen" från 1970 handlar om en flicka som drömmer om att ha blå ögon, för då skulle livet vara mycket bättre... Men det var med romanen "Älskade" från 1987 som hon slog igenom på bred front; en bok som även filmatiserades med Oprah Winfrey i en av rollerna. Berättelsen kretsar kring den verkliga personen Margaret Garner som i på 1850-talet rymde från slaveriet. Nu kommer Toni Morrisons elfte bok, "Gud hjälpe barnet" och till skillnad från tidigare så utspelar sig den i samtiden. Vi möter den unga kvinnan Bride, som är framgångsrik chef på ett sminkföretag och otroligt vacker. Sin mörka hud framhäver hon genom att enbart klä sig i vitt. Men såhär har det inte alltid varit, för när hon föddes var hon så svart att hennes mamma blev rädd och skämdes. Pappan, som är ljusare i huden, tror att hans fru varit otrogen - hur kan barnet annars vara så svart? - och lämnar familjen. Så flickan växer upp med en avvisande, iskall mamma som förbereder dottern för ett liv i en rasistisk värld. P1 Kulturs programledare Mona Masri skickade boken till Ulla Strängberg, medarbetare på Kulturredaktionen i P1, och Valerie Kyeyne Backström, kritiker och chefredaktör på tidskriften Bang. Lyssna på kritiksamtalet i ljudlänken ovan

Listen HEREEpisode 3 relates the famous case of Margaret Garner, the African American slave who murdered one of her children to prevent them from being placed in slavery, and was therefore tried for "destruction of property" although the Abolitionists attempted to have her recognized as a member of society and have her tried for murder. This is a good example to illustrate the principal of slavery, or property ownership of sentient beings.

Kellogg talks about her scenic design work for operas such as Margaret Garner, Broadway productions like American Buffalo with Al Pacino, and for Colgate theater.

CORI ELLISON, Dramaturg, for the New York City Opera joins Audrey Adams the host of talk! with AUDREY to provide information about the life and times of Margaret Garner and her personal contribution to the opera, which premiere’s on September 11. Ellison’s interview is the first in series of interviews with the director, composer, cast members and production historians of the New York City Opera's premiere of Margaret Garner.

CORI ELLISON, Dramaturg, for the New York City Opera joins Audrey Adams the host of talk! with AUDREY to provide information about the life and times of Margaret Garner and her personal contribution to the opera, which premiere’s on September 11. Ellison’s interview is the first in series of interviews with the director, composer, cast members and production historians of the New York City Opera's premiere of Margaret Garner.