Podcast appearances and mentions of Washington Black

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing: Bookish Moments: shifts in our reading and brain farts Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: reading Canadian elbows up style The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  1:55 - Ad For Ourselves 2:01 - Currently Reading Patreon 7:03 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 7:25 - CR Season 7: Episode 24 12:21 - CR Season 7: Episode 36 12:26 - Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri 12:51 - Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope 14:18 - Our Current Reads 14:24 - Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Roxanna) 18:57 - Coven by Soman Chainani (Kaytee) 19:10 - The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani 23:32 - The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe (Roxanna) 28:55 - The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight (Kaytee) 29:17 - Fabled Bookshop 33:28 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 34:03 - The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain (Roxanna) 38:26 - Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell (Kayee) 38:40 - Schuler Books 44:56 - Reading Canadian 48:48 - Canada Reads 48:51 - The Giller Prize 49:21 - The Push by Ashley Audrain 50:06 - Room by Emma Donoghue 50:18 - The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue 50:29 - The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue 52:01 - The Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester 53:18 - Women Talking by Miriam Toews  55:00 - Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley 55:08 - Finding Me by Viola Davis 55:57 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 56:49 - Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 56:53 - Three Holidays and A Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley 57:02 - Much Ado About Nada Uzma Jalaluddin 57:32 - Five Little Indians by Michelle Good 1:02:20 - The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan 1:03:40 - Lucky by Marissa Stapley 1:06:24 - Meet Us At The Fountain 1:07:05 - I wish there was an easier way to export and download kindle notes and highlights. (Roxanna) 1:08:57 - I wish to press Happy Place by Emily Henry. (Kaytee) 1:09:00 - Happy Place by Emily Henry   Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. May's IPL is a new indie to the rotation - Dog Eared Books in Ames, Iowa. Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.  All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

Nathan D. Simmons (born August 5th, 1999) is a Canadian actor who is proud to come from the historical Black communities of East and North Preston in Nova Scotia. Nathan graduated from the acting program at the Fountain School of the Arts in 2017. Since then he has appeared in theatrical productions across Canada. In 2022, the Coast proclaimed him the best theatre actor in Halifax. In additon to his long list of theatre credits, he has appeared in several tv shows, including Diggstown, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Moonshine and the upcoming Washington Black. He has worked on independent films such as Black Cop and has appeared in many commercials. When not acting, Nathan is a talented musician and is often seen performing in venues throughout Halifax. As a fan of the show, he is overjoyed to be part of the loving and talented, yet frightening family and world of FROM.   Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod (Please Subscribe)

Episode 468."A Tribe Called Quest"Ali Shaheed Muhammad.DJ/Producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad is a hip-hop icon. As one-third of legendary hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, his influence and impact on the musical landscape is still felt today. In April of 2024, "A Tribe Called Quest" was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.The soft-spoken and contemplative Brooklyn native began a life of music at an early age, spending years DJing parties in his Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood before co-founding Tribe in 1985. The group's socially conscious lyrics and unique production style is as innovative today as it was two decades ago.Muhammad carried that classic sound into the production unit The Ummah with Jay Dilla and Q-Tip, and continued working with artists including Faith Evans, Mos Def, and D'Angelo. In 1999, he co-founded the Grammy nominated all-star trio Lucy Pearl with Dawn Robinson, formerly of En Vogue, and Raphael Saadiq, of Tony! Toni! Toné!After Lucy Pearl, Muhammad focused his attention on his production company and developing new talent. In 2004, he released the very personal and adventurous solo debut LP Shaheedulah and Stereotypes, featuring some of his new proteges. Working on material for a follow-up, Muhammad set up a studio with Martin “Doc” McKinney of Esthero and Weeknd fame, and continued writing and collaborating with other artists as well.In 2017, Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest) formed the band, The Midnight Hour. In addition to musical releases and touring, they've teamed to score a myriad of television and film projects: Marvel's Luke Cage (Netflix), Raising Kanan (Starz), The Equalizer (CBS), Reasonable Doubt (Hulu), Run This Town (2019), Washington Black (2023), Boogie (2021), and Bitchin', The Sound and Fury of Rick James (2021).In 2019, Younge, Muhammad, Andrew Lojero and Adam Block created Jazz Is Dead (JID): a multimedia company specializing in the production of live concerts, studio albums, television and film. JID concerts have earned an ever-growing fanbase through national and international tours. Under the label, Younge and Muhammad have produced albums with their musical heroes including luminaires such as Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith, Gary Bartz, Jean Carne, João Donato and Marcos Valle.https://linktr.ee/mondaymorningcritic#atribecalledquest #rap #hiphop #rockandrollhalloffame #qtip #podcast #fyp #shorts #theroots #kanyewest #dj

Esi Edugyan's thrilling novel follows the astonishing adventures of its titular character, Washington Black, whose escape from the brutal cane plantations of Barbados was only the beginning. Shortlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize and set to be released as a glitzy television adaptation starring Sterling K Brown and co-produced by Edugyan later this year, what better excuse to dive into the novel? In this episode Jo and James: Introduce our April Monthly Spotlight pick Share a brief biography of Esi Edugyan and her work to date Summarise the novel Discuss the plot and their thoughts Suggest the kind of reader who will love the book Reading list: The Second Life of Samuel Tyne by Esi Edugyan Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/half-blood-blues Washington Black by Esi Edugyan: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/washington-black Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-amber-spyglass Any Human Heart by William Boyd: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/any-human-heart This Other Eden by Paul Harding: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/this-other-eden A full transcript of the episode is available at our website. Follow The Booker Prize Podcast so you never miss an episode. Visit http://thebookerprizes.com/podcast to find out more about us, and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok @thebookerprizes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Jessi DeanChicago native Jessi Dean's passion for character development along with a highly developed sense of style, color and form has garnered her a budding career as Head Hair Designer for major film and television productions. Jessi was most recently the Department Head of Hair on National Geographic's critically acclaimed Genius: MLK/X, which chronicled how the early lives of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X shaped the iconic figures. Jessi was also the Hair Department Head on Nia De Costa's Candyman (produced by Jordan Peele's Monkey Paw); as well as Apple TV+'s The Shining Girls, starring Elisabeth Moss; Hulu's Washington Black; Netflix's Beats; Starz's Power Book IV: Force and CBS' The Red Line. Coming up, Jessi will design MGM's Emperor of Ocean Park, starring Forrest Whitaker, based on the best-selling novel by Stephen L. Carter. Jessi is the founder of her eponymous human hair extension brand, which offers a full range of custom wigs and hair pieces. She is a member of Local 476 and an alumnus of both the Pivot Point and Dudley Cosmetology schools.Links: https://www.instagram.com/hairbyjessidean/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9154798/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_smNews from TheTease.com:https://www.thetease.com/does-recycling-in-the-beauty-industry-work/ https://www.thetease.com/disco-curls-and-waves-are-currently-trending-these-haircare-products-are-key-to-achieving-the-look/ More from TheTease:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readthetease/ (readthetease)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/volumeupbythetease/ (volumeupbythetease)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyehlers/ / (KellyEhlers)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eljeffreycraig/ (eljeffreycraig)Web: https://www.thetease.com (TheTease.com)Email: VolumeUp@TheTease.comCredits: Volume Up is a Tease Media production. This episode was produced by Monica Hickey and Madeline Hickey. Brian Daly is our editor and audio engineer. Thank you to our creative team for putting together the graphics for this episode.Thank you to the team who helped create our theme song. Show them some love and check out their other work!Josh Landowski https://www.instagram.com/josh_landowski/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Thursday, October 12 on Urban Forum Northwest :*Members of the 1968 University of Washington Black Student Union (BSU) that occupied the UW President's Office and made the following five demands. 1) Recruit more Black, Latino and Indian students. 2) Immediate establishment of a Black Studies Program. 3) Hiring of more Black, Latino, and Native Professors and Counselors. 4) Establishment of a learning resource center, and tutorial program. 5) Establishment of an Ethnic Cultural Center. The individuals below will pay tribute to Emanuel Brisker Jr. (EJ) one of the BSU leaders who passed away last month.*Larry Gossett, Carl Miller, Leathia Stallworth Krasucki, James Garrett, and Kathy Halley will reflect on E J's participation as a BSU leader and organizer and comment on their personal commitment for inclusion and equality in the late 1960's and early 70's.*Senator T'wina Nobles, President & CEO, Tacoma Urban League invites you the 6th Gala Empowerment Awards on Friday, October 20 at 6:00 pm Hotel Murano. In addition to Senator Nobles, Black Future Co-op Fund Co-Founder, guest will hear from Solo Funds and Culture House Co-Founder Rodney Williams and King County Councilman Girmay Zahilay.*Lorra-Ellen McKinney invites you to the P3 Concert where you can hear some of the best musical talent in the Northwest. The event will feature Michael Powers, Denis Wilcox, Devon Gates, Josephine Howell, and The Walden Twins. Chris Patin and Casey James lead the band. Mercedes Montgomery directs the back up choir. This event is Saturday, October 14 7-8:30 pm at 5623 Rainier Avenue South.Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. Twitter (X)@Eddie_Rye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thursday, October 12 on Urban Forum Northwest : *Members of the 1968 University of Washington Black Student Union (BSU) that occupied the UW President's Office and made the following five demands. 1) Recruit more Black, Latino and Indian students. 2) Immediate establishment of a Black Studies Program. 3) Hiring of more Black, Latino, and Native Professors and Counselors. 4) Establishment of a learning resource center, and tutorial program. 5) Establishment of an Ethnic Cultural Center. The individuals below will pay tribute to Emanuel Brisker Jr. (EJ) one of the BSU leaders who passed away last month. *Larry Gossett, Carl Miller, Leathia Stallworth Krasucki, James Garrett, and Kathy Halley will reflect on E J's participation as a BSU leader and organizer and comment on their personal commitment for inclusion and equality in the late 1960's and early 70's. *Senator T'wina Nobles, President & CEO, Tacoma Urban League invites you the 6th Gala Empowerment Awards on Friday, October 20 at 6:00 pm Hotel Murano. In addition to Senator Nobles, Black Future Co-op Fund Co-Founder, guest will hear from Solo Funds and Culture House Co-Founder Rodney Williams and King County Councilman Girmay Zahilay. *Lorra-Ellen McKinney invites you to the P3 Concert where you can hear some of the best musical talent in the Northwest. The event will feature Michael Powers, Denis Wilcox, Devon Gates, Josephine Howell, and The Walden Twins. Chris Patin and Casey James lead the band. Mercedes Montgomery directs the back up choir. This event is Saturday, October 14 7-8:30 pm at 5623 Rainier Avenue South. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. Twitter (X)@Eddie_Rye.

This week Trey Brazier speaks to Danni Washington, education honoree for the Black Achievers Awards. Danni, science communicator and host of the tv show "Nature Knows Best" talks about the show, raising awareness about the ocean and the role it plays in our day to day lives, and her non profit Big Blue and You where she and her mom educate people from marginalized communities about the ocean using science education and art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week Trey Brazier speaks to Danni Washington, education honoree for the Black Achievers Awards. Danni, science communicator and host of the tv show "Nature Knows Best" talks about the show, raising awareness about the ocean and the role it plays in our day to day lives, and her non profit Big Blue and You where she and her mom educate people from marginalized communities about the ocean using science education and art.

Following the success of her award-winning novels “Half-Blood Blues” and “Washington Black,” acclaimed writer Esi Edugyan is back with her first children's book, “Garden of Lost Socks.” Esi tells Tom the laundry-related story that inspired her book, how it feels to write for kids after writing two research-heavy novels, and how she looks back on the childhood she had in comparison to her children's.

Laura via IG says she "needs historical somewhat fictional adventure" and in Episode 46 the booksellers delivered some great ideas. Emma discussed Hildand Menewood by Nicola Griffith. Jen, subbing for Allie, recommends Washington Black by Esi Edugyan and 100 Years of Solitude  to either read again or for the first time if you have not yet done so. And, Kari wants you to read Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn.Shelf Help is a collaboration between the Book Jam, a nonprofit designed to inspire readers; CATV Upper Valley media community (NOW LOCATED AT JAM, Junction Arts & Media); three Upper Valley bookstores: Yankee Bookshop in Woodstock, VT; the Norwich Bookstore in Norwich, VT; and Still North Books & Bar in Hanover, NH.

Mr. Rick Worthy is a Martial Arts practitioner and an accomplished TV and Film actor. I kept asking myself, what do I want to do? Well.. I want this character to live on the page. I want to bring in the light. I think I got to figure out how to do it. Mr. Rick Worthy - Episode 808 Some of you may recognize him from various film and TV series such as Gossip Girl, Washington Black, Supernatural, and so much more. Mr. Rick Worthy started training at age 9 in Detroit, where he grew up. He started in a time when martial arts wasn't taught to children. Mr. Worthy trained in Taekwondo when he successfully persuaded his parents after seeing Bruce Lee repeatedly in the cinema. This passion remained with Mr. Worthy as he went on another journey to Hollywood as an actor. In this episode, Mr. Rick Worthy talks about his journey into martial arts as well as the many tv series under his belt. Listen to learn more! Show notes You may check out more about Mr. Rick Worthy on IMDB or follow him on Instagram

I interview John Marrs about his new book “The Marriage Act” and I also review “Legends & Lattes” by Travis Baldree, “Bad For Good” by Graham Bartlett, “One Night in Hartswood” by Emma Denny and “Washington Black” by Esi Edugyan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Selwyn Seyfu Hinds describes himself as a storyteller who believes success is a group effort. So when Datwon Thomas recalled his most influential mentor, it was Hinds who came to mind because he took an interest in the aspiring journalist when he needed it most. He was a force Datwon admired for creating magazines, books, comics, scripts that moved people. He was a big brother who shared the life lessons a young Black man in Brooklyn needed. He was a sage that Datwon called … a flashlight who revealed the things he could not see. Hinds is a Guyana-born journalist who chronicled the rise of Hip Hop in the '90s as the editor-in-chief of its bible, The Source and later in his memoir “Gunshots In My Cookup”. Selwyn graduated Princeton and went on to become an American screenwriter, comic book creator and film producer -- just a few of his credits include Jordan Peele's reboot of "The Twilight Zone" and executive producer of Hulu's new series “Washington Black” due out in 2023. So let's meet the man who changed Datwon's life by being “a really, really good person who stayed on me, but gave me space”. These are Selwyn's Lessons: 3:07 How do you describe yourself? 6:45 Re-inventing Selwyn the Storyteller 8:07 From Guyana to Brooklyn to Miami 11:13 Princeton and Protests circa 1989 13:02 I got to college and lost my mind 14:03 Times Square, joining the Army 15:50 I wouldn't let any change break me 21:04 My dad was comfortable in all circles 24:01 My brush with death 32:14 It's a miracle we got out of there 38:48 Words of wisdom for Datwon 40:55 "Remember who you are" 44:30 Story behind "Washington Black" 51:05 The big pitch: Hulu, FX and Fox 54:20 "They bought it in the room" Origins of The Great Unfamous Nominate your own Great Unfamous IG: @gr8unfamous Twitter: @gr8unfamous All podcast platforms --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegreatunfamous/message

On this episode of REVOLT Black News, the team examines the groundbreaking outcome of the mid-term elections, the power of the Gen-Z vote, and the nation's first congressman in that category. The team explorers the educational system and why it is failing our black students. And more with the Revolutionary of the Week & Entertainment Remix.

Rebecca and Tara celebrate the podcast's 100th episode by discussing the topic that brought them together--CBC's Canada Reads! Titles we loved Tara: The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards Johnny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akaad The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Rebecca: A book club book: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry A book that is now coming true: American War by Omar El Akkad  A book with an unlikeable main character: Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette  A memoir: From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle A book many DNF: Small Game Hunting by Megan Gail Coles  An epic novel: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan  Titles we have yet to read Rebecca: Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan Tara: Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyn Saucier Titles we would like to see in the future Tara: The Lights of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kaye Rebecca: The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism by Maude Barlow Favorite moments from the show Rebecca: Tahmoh Penikett defending American War Mark Tewksbury defending Washington Black Christian Allaire defending Five Little Indians; Paul Sun-Hyung Lee defending Hench; Chuck Comeau defending Homes Tara: Devery Jacobs defending Jonny Appleseed Justin Trudeau defending (sort of) The Colony of Unrequited Dreams and then Next Episode   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

A conversation with showrunner and executive producer Selwyn Seyfu Hinds about the production of Washington Black - the tv series based on Esi Edugyen's acclaimed novel. It's been shot on locations around Nova Scotia, following the route of the main character... a boy who runs away from a plantation on Barbados and becomes a globetrotting scientist, inventor and artist.

Kendra talks with Vivi and Catherine of Duncan's amazing bookstore, Volume One.  Get ready for some deep-dive recommendations! Their favourites for adults: Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard (non-fiction) Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (fiction) Bluebird by Sharon Cameron (fiction) ~on order People Change by Vivek Shraya (non-fiction/essay) Their favourites for children: The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson (picture book) Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (picture book) Bluebird by Sharon Cameron (YA fiction) ~on order Nathan suggests you check out Broombusters.org to assuage your invasive species guilt for loving the Miss Rumphius book. [caption id="attachment_948" align="alignnone" width="576"] Image from Broombusters.org website.[/caption]

With her guest Nele Sawallisch, Stefanie discusses Esi Edugyan's 2018 novel Washington Black. With Olaudah Equiano's 1789 autobiography as intertext, the novel entangles the adventure story with the slave narrative. As Washington Black travels from Barbados to the Arctic, from Virginia to London, his narrative asks about the (hi)stories that remain out of the light and the making of 19th century discoverer personas against the backdrop of gratuitous black labor.

In this introduction to the novel Washington Black, discover what the book is about and why Olympian and 2SLGBTQ advocate Mark Tewksbury chose it for Canada Reads 2022.

CBC's Canada Reads is an annual literary event Port Moody Public Library staff and patrons look forward to every year. In this episode, Corene, Fiona, Gabriel, and Virginia each champions one of the 2022 contenders to be the "one book to connect us"...all (a very LOTR sounding theme?) Books mentioned in this episode: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good, Life In the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Müller, What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad, and Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. (There are only four of us so we weren't able to talk about Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez.) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keepitfictional/message

Rebecca and Tara have *the best time* chatting with Mark Tewksbury about his defense of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan for the 2022 CBC's Canada Reads debate which airs March 28-31. Mark is a leader, an advocate, an Olympic gold medalist, and a motivational speaker to name just a few of his many talents and successes.  With insight, passion, and laughter, he challenges Rebecca and Tara to rethink this year's winner, and they conclude that he may just have what it takes to take home the "gold"! The debates are hosted by Ali Hassan and available on CBC Radio One, CBC TV, CBC Gem and on CBC Books. https://www.marktewksbury.org/ Instagram and Twitter: @marktewks

Esi Edugyan on Washington Black , Mariko Tamaki takes our Proust questionnaire, Zarqa Nawaz on Jameela Green Ruins Everything, and more.

Episode 73Julia is joined by Lucy Victoria Jackson - a Yoga Teacher, Crystal Singing Bowl Practitioner & Wellbeing Writer - to discuss fostering inner peace, healthy ways of processing anger, the power of forgiveness, finding joy in stillness, practices to live more mindfully, mindfulness and yoga misconceptions, sound healing and so much more.❗️How to help Ukraine ❗️https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/Revived Soldiers UkraineNova UkraineAnhelyk FoundationRECOMMENDATIONRead “Washington Black” https://books.google.pl/books/about/Washington_Black.html?id=3J2yDQAAQBAJ&redir_esc=yLUCY VICTORIA JACKSONLucy's website https://www.lucyvictoriajackson.comLucy's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lucyvjackson/Lucy's podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/pl/podcast/root-rise-with-lucy/id1515167513BEING BETTER Email us podcast.beingbetter@gmail.comVisit our website https://www.beingbetter.infoVisit our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/beingbetter.pod/Visit our TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@beingbetter_

The Temptations co-founder Otis Williams discusses the group's new album, its legacy and the stories behind some of its biggest hits. Olympic champion swimmer and Canada Reads panellist Mark Tewksbury talks about defending Esi Edugyan's globe-trotting historical novel Washington Black in this year's battle of the books. Ukrainian Canadian musician and educator Brian Cherwick of Kubasonics talks about the importance of music in times of crisis.

How large of an impact does a good or bad element have on a story? On this episode of The Bookmark, Autumn, Chris, and Miranda discuss books that left them with a love/hate relationship. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

In GBN's "A Year of Good Black News" Page-A-Day®️Calendar for 2022 we offer some fun Black Trivia in a category we call "We Got Game." Our February entry in this category tests what you know about venerable actor Denzel Washington and his Oscar-winning prowess.Sources:https://www.oscars.org/collection-highlights/denzel-washingtonhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000243/awardshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Denzel_Washingtonhttps://youtu.be/wLKDfyFjQtc (2002 Best Actor Oscar acceptance speech)Daily Drops are based on the “A Year of Good Black News Page-A-Day Calendar for 2022,” published by Workman Publishing, and available at workman.com, Amazon, Bookshop and other online retailers.Please consider following us on Apple, Google Podcasts, RSS.com, Amazon,Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and consider giving a positive rating or review, sharing s on social media, or going old school and telling a friend.For more Good Black News, check out goodblacknews.org or search and follow @goodblacknews anywhere on social.

In this episode The Creativity Department speaks with Ashley Washington M. ED., an Instructional Coach with Plano, ISD. During the conversation they delve into the importance of incorporating diversity in curriculum daily to ensure classrooms reflects all cultures and communities of learners. Making the conscious effort of continuing conversations of diversity after an assigned "appreciation month" ensures that students feel honored, reflected, and see themselves in states of power.

recorded February 8, 2022 We report on the ice storm that just past. Not so bad, but utilities fail anyway. We get serious into the politics and actors saying stupid things, and move into problematic fantasy writing and racist tropes. This moves into traditional fairy tales and their social messages, of which Bluestocking is an expert. We get to drinks, and Gilded Age throws us right back to politics of the day. We'll try to get back to fun stuff next show. Bluestocking's Folklore blog - https://steampunklibrarian.blog/author/eheadrick/ Nightmare Alley - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496/ Gilded Age on HBO - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4406178/ Tom Ellis' is a Steampunk Inventor in Washington Black - https://www.cbr.com/tom-ellis-post-lucifer-washington-black/ Arthur Conan Doyle and Cottingley Fairies - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-55187973 music provided by Zapsplat.com

Fresh from a special concert in their home city of Leeds to mark Independent Venue Week, James Smith, lead singer of Yard Act talks to Samira about the group's success with the release of their debut album. Their character-driven debut album, The Overload - designed to provoke "an open discussion about capitalism" - went straight into the charts at number two. Novelist Esi Edugyan, author of Washington Black and Half Blood Blues, talks to Samira about her latest collection of essays, Out of the Sun, in which she delves into the history of Western Art and the truths about Black lives that it fails to reveal, and the ways contemporary Black artists are reclaiming and reimagining those lives. Jason Katims has written and developed several hit US television series including Friday Night Lights and Parenthood. His latest creation is As We See It, which focuses on the lives of three young people with autism. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Jodie Keane Image: Yard Act Photo credit: Phoebe Fox

Courtney is back and before we jump into discussion of books we've read and liked recently, we discuss how our reading has changed over time.  Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 238: Inanimate Objects Subscribe 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 Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed:The Witch's Heart by Genevieve GornichecThe Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak The Orchid Thief by Susan OrleanThe Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth OzekiApple Island: Or the Truth about Teachers by Douglas EvansOther mentions: Washington Black by Esi EdugyanThe Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternPicnic in the Ruins by Todd Robert PetersonThe Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeFive Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri FinkRagnarokNorse Mythology by Neil Gaiman, read by Neil GaimanThe Library Book by Susan OrleanThe Food Explorer by Daniel StoneSeeds of Blood and Beauty by Ann LindsayA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenAriadne by Jennifer SaintThe Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia F. LiebermanThe Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literatureby Viv Groskop Related episodes: Episode 179 - Think of the Bees with Courtney BursonEpisode 222 - Minty Fresh with CourtneyStalk us online:Courtney at GoodreadsCourtney is @conservio on LitsyJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

Esi Edugyan is known for her books of fiction. She's a two-time winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novels Half-Blood Blues and Washington Black. In her most recent book, she's turned to the world of non-fiction. Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling is a collection of essays devoted to bringing a richer context to black histories and other stories about race that often go untold.Decibel producer Sherrill Sutherland sat down with Esi to find out why this moment felt like the right time to write this book, why ghost stories and race are important and why in Canada we still have trouble discussing our true relationship to slavery.

... E alla fine arrivarono anche le feste: Natale, fine anno e vigilie varie. Non entriamo nella polemica seguita alla più classica delle strumentalizzazioni (stavolta è toccata alle linee guida per gli auguri stilate dall'UE), tagliamo la testa al toro e restiamo nel fin troppo confortevole territorio delle tradizioni nostrane.I pacchetti di Natale sono una distorsione consumistica o un'occasione per dimostrare affetto e vicinanza? Un po' l'una e un po' l'altra, ci verrebbe da dire. Ma visto che a non farli ci si sente delle carogne, tanto vale regalare dei libri.Eccovi allora i nostri consigli perfettamente targettizzati: parenti in là con gli anni, fidanzati/e, amici/che. Cosa volete di più? Auguri!LIBRI CONSIGLIATI:Il libro delle case, ANDREA BAJANILe avventure di Washington Black, ESI EDUGYANUn posto tranquillo, SEICHO MATSUMOTO

Stories are a powerful tool to resist oppressive situations. They give writers from marginalized communities a way to imagine alternate realities, and to critique the one we live in. In this episode, Vinita speaks to two storytellers who offer up wonderous “otherworlds” for Indigenous and Black people. Selwyn Seyfu Hinds is an L.A-based screenwriter who wrote for Jordan Peele's The Twilight Zone and is currently writing the screenplay for Esi Edugyan's Washington Black. Daniel Heath Justice is professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous literature and expressive culture at the University of British Columbia.Show notes: https://theconversation.com/how-stories-about-alternate-worlds-can-help-us-imagine-a-better-future-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-7-165933Transcript: https://theconversation.com/how-stories-about-alternate-worlds-can-help-us-imagine-a-better-future-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-7-transcript-167520Related article: Afrofuturism and its possibility of elsewhere: The power of political imagination: https://theconversation.com/afrofuturism-and-its-possibility-of-elsewhere-the-power-of-political-imagination-166002Join The Conversation about this podcast: Use hashtag #DontCallMeResilient and tag us:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConversationCA  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconversationdotcomFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConversationCanadaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theconversationcanada/Sign up for our newsletter: https://theconversation.com/ca/newsletters/Contact us: theculturedesk@theconversation.comPromo at beginning of episode: Telling Our Twisted Histories, CBC Podcasts: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/906-telling-our-twisted-histories

October solicits Comic Reviews: Blue and Gold 1 by Dan Jurgens, Ryan Sook Shazam 1 by Tim Sheridan, Clayton Henry, Marcelo Maiolo Superman and the Authority 1 by Grant Morrison, Mikel Janin, Jordie Bellaire Superman: Red and Blue 5 by Judd Winick, Ibrahim Moustafa, G. Willow Wilson, Valentine De Landro, Joshua Williamson, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Hi-Fi, Mark Buckingham, Lee Loughridge, Daniel Warren Johnson Extreme Carnage: Phage by Steve Orlando, Gerardo Sandoval, Victor Nava, Chris Sotomayor Moon Knight 1 by Jed MacKay, Alessandro Cappuccio, Rachelle Rosenberg Thor Annual by Aaron Kuder, Cam Smith, Chris O'Halloran Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters: Jabba the Hutt 1 by Justina Ireland, Ibraim Roberson, Luca Pizzari, Edgar Delgado, Giada Marchisio M.O.M.: Mother of Madness 1 by Emilia Clarke, Marguerite Bennett, Leila Leiz Syphon 1 by Mohsen Ashraf, Patrick Meaney, Jeff Edwards, John Kalisz Mawrth Valliis by EPHK Bermuda 1 by John Layman, Nick Bradshaw, Len O'Grady Dejah Thoris vs. John Carter of Mars 1 by Dan Abnett, Alessandro Miracolo, Dearbhla Kelly Tales From Harrow County: The Fair Folk 1 by Cullen Bunn, Emily Schnall, Tyler Crook Dark Blood 1 by Latoya Morgan, Walt Barna, A.H.G. Everyone is Tulip by Nicole Goux, Dave Baker, Ellie Hall One Line by Ray Fawkes 99 Cent Night Jackal by Heath Michaels, Philip Renne, Falk Hansel Additional Reviews: Batman the Adventures Continue vol 1, The Empty Man, Washington Black, Masters of the Universe, Fargo s4, Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, Schmigadoon, Sexy Beasts, Owl House ep7, Fear Street 1666, How the Best Hunter in the Village Met Her Death by Molly Knox Ostertag News: Millar's new comic King of Spies, Batgirl casting, Larime Taylor TV series in development, Blade director, Anansi Boys adaptation, All-Nighters comixology series from Zdarsky, Michaela Coel cast in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina returns, Michael B. Jordan black Superman project, All-Nighters, Remender is a naughty boy, Eisners, Amphibia season 3 release date, Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye confirmed for 2021, odd Legends news, Snyder signs massive deal with Comixology/Dark Horse, Astro City returns to Image Trailers: Malignant, Nope, Doctor Who series 13, Dexter: New Blood Ray Asks A Question Comics Countdown:  Many Deaths of Laila Starr 4 by Ram V, Filipe Andrade Black Hammer Reborn 2 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Superman and the Authority 1 by Grant Morrison, Mikel Janin, Jordie Bellaire Ascender 17 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen Usagi Yojimbo 21 by Stan Sakai Undiscovered Country 14 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Matt Wilson Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow 2 by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes Snow Angels Season Two 2 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Tales From Harrow County: Fair Folk 1 by Cullen Bunn, Emily Schnall, Tyler Crook Radiant Black 6 by Kyle Higgins, Cherish Chen, Darko Lafuente, Miquel Muerto, Becca Carey

Dumisani Washington is the Founder and CEO of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI), and the former Diversity Outreach Coordinator for the over 10 million member Christians United for Israel (CUFI). Dumisani is a pastor, professional musician—graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music—and author whose latest book is the second edition of Zionism & the Black Church: Why Standing with Israel Will be a Defining Issue for Christians of Color in the 21st Century. He and his wife, Valerie, have been married 32 years and have six children and two grandchildren. Laurie talks with her expert guest on the roots of unity between Israel and the Black Church.If you enjoy this week's edition of “Proclaiming Justice,” please email your comments to us at: info@pjtn.org

What price do we pay for freedom? For fans of Washington Black, The Underground Railroad and Days without End. In the dying days of the American Civil War, newly freed brothers Landry and Prentiss find themselves cast into the world without a penny to their names. Forced to hide out in the woods near their former Georgia plantation, they're soon discovered by the land's owner, George Walker, a man still reeling from the loss of his son in the war. When the brothers begin to live and work on George's farm, the tentative bonds of trust and union begin to blossom between the strangers. But this sanctuary survives on a knife's edge, and it isn't long before the inhabitants of the nearby town of Old Ox react with fury at the alliances being formed only a few miles away. Conjuring a world fraught by tragedy and violence yet threaded through with hope, The Sweetness of Water is a debut novel unique in its power to move and enthral.

Nationally recognized TV Personality and STEM advocate Danni Washington talks being the first Black woman to host a science show on broadcast media and why now is the time for the nerds to reclaim science.  

In honor of Black History Month, we are excited to visit with Corey Griffin, President and CEO of Global Government and Industry Partners, LLC, and the Board Chair of the Greater Washington Black Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has a mission to "...promote black business growth in the District of Columbia through the facilitation of business opportunities and education," and they bring together an impressive network to make it happen. Tune in to hear Corey's take on the biggest challenges facing the Black business community in DC right now, as well as the opportunities the GWBCC is pulling together to educate, inspire, and promote entrepreneurship among Black business owners.

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In this episode: - It's the Kathy Diamond Book Review. Kathy will be speaking about Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Dans cet épisode : - C'est la critique du livre de Kathy Diamond. Kathy parlera du Washington Black d'Esi Edugyan 2021-01-18

If You Like what we do support us here, https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2020 Conjure Women is a sweeping story that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War vividly to life. Spanning eras and generations, it tells of the lives of three unforgettable women: Miss May Belle, a wise healing woman; her precocious and observant daughter Rue, who is reluctant to follow in her mother's footsteps as a midwife; and their master's daughter Varina. The secrets and bonds among these women and their community come to a head at the beginning of a war and at the birth of an accursed child, who sets the townspeople alight with fear and a spreading superstition that threatens their newly won, tenuous freedom. Magnificently written, brilliantly researched, richly imagined, Conjure Women moves back and forth in time to tell the haunting story of Rue, Varina, and May Belle, their passions and friendships, and the lengths they will go to save themselves and those they love. Praise for Conjure Women “[A] haunting, promising debut . . . Through complex characters and bewitching prose, Atakora offers a stirring portrait of the power conferred between the enslaved women. This powerful tale of moral ambiguity amid inarguable injustice stands with Esi Edugyan's Washington Black.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “An engrossing debut . . . Atakora structures a plot with plenty of satisfying twists. Life in the immediate aftermath of slavery is powerfully rendered in this impressive first novel.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

Author Esi Edugyan introduces us to the life of eleven-year-old George Washington Black—or Wash—a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, who is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master’s brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning, and where two people, separated by an impossible divide, can begin to see each other as human.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/sweetdreams_radio)

Fjallað um bókina Sagan af Washington Black eftir Esi Edugyan í þýðingu Ólafar Pétursdóttur. Kristján Guðjónsson les úr bókinni. Gestir þáttarins eru Gísli Pálsson, mannfræðingur og rithöfundur og Hólmfríður Garðarsdóttir, prófessor í spænsku við Mála- og menningardeild Háskóla Íslands. Umsjón: Jóhannes Ólafsson.

Fjallað um bókina Sagan af Washington Black eftir Esi Edugyan í þýðingu Ólafar Pétursdóttur. Kristján Guðjónsson les úr bókinni. Gestir þáttarins eru Gísli Pálsson, mannfræðingur og rithöfundur og Hólmfríður Garðarsdóttir, prófessor í spænsku við Mála- og menningardeild Háskóla Íslands. Umsjón: Jóhannes Ólafsson.

Farið á kaffihúsið Mokka þar sem ljósmyndasýningin Oaxaca (framburður: Óa-haka) prýðir veggina næsta mánuðinn. Orri jónsson segir frá ferð til Mexíkó og verki sem hefur verið í vinnslu í 27 ár. Maríanna Clara Lúthersdóttir bókmenntagagnrýnandi Víðsjár fjallar í dag um smásagnasafnið Váboða eftir Ófeig Sigurðsson. Bók vikunnar á Rás 1 að þessu sinni er skáldsagan Sagan af Washington Black eftir kanadíska rithöfundinn Esi Edugyan. Verkið gerist á sykurplantekru á Barbados árið 1830 og lýsir grimmúðlegum heimi nýlendutímans. Washington Black, eins og hún heitir á ensku, kom út árið 2018, og er þriðja skáldsaga höfundar. Edugyan er ættuð frá Ghana, og hún hefur hlotið fjölmargar viðurkenningar fyrir verk sín. Sagan af Washington Black var meðal annars tilnefnd til Man Booker-verðlaunanna árið 2018 og fjölmörg blöð og tímarit, þar á meðal The New York Times og The Washington Post, völdu bókina eina af tíu bestu bókum ársins 2018. Verkið kom út í íslenskri þýðingu Ólafar Pétursdóttur í fyrra, hlustendur heyra í Ölöfu í þættinum. Og falskar tennur koma við sögu að gefnu tilefni.

Farið á kaffihúsið Mokka þar sem ljósmyndasýningin Oaxaca (framburður: Óa-haka) prýðir veggina næsta mánuðinn. Orri jónsson segir frá ferð til Mexíkó og verki sem hefur verið í vinnslu í 27 ár. Maríanna Clara Lúthersdóttir bókmenntagagnrýnandi Víðsjár fjallar í dag um smásagnasafnið Váboða eftir Ófeig Sigurðsson. Bók vikunnar á Rás 1 að þessu sinni er skáldsagan Sagan af Washington Black eftir kanadíska rithöfundinn Esi Edugyan. Verkið gerist á sykurplantekru á Barbados árið 1830 og lýsir grimmúðlegum heimi nýlendutímans. Washington Black, eins og hún heitir á ensku, kom út árið 2018, og er þriðja skáldsaga höfundar. Edugyan er ættuð frá Ghana, og hún hefur hlotið fjölmargar viðurkenningar fyrir verk sín. Sagan af Washington Black var meðal annars tilnefnd til Man Booker-verðlaunanna árið 2018 og fjölmörg blöð og tímarit, þar á meðal The New York Times og The Washington Post, völdu bókina eina af tíu bestu bókum ársins 2018. Verkið kom út í íslenskri þýðingu Ólafar Pétursdóttur í fyrra, hlustendur heyra í Ölöfu í þættinum. Og falskar tennur koma við sögu að gefnu tilefni.

Esi Edugyan is the author of the book, Washington Black. The novel won the prestigious Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. The paperback edition of the book is out now.

Esi Edugyan is the author of the book, Washington Black . The novel won the prestigious Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. The paperback edition of the book is out now.

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: a zoom call and a buddy read Current Reads: apocalyptic, scary, ho-hum, heartwarming, icky, and revealing. We’ve got a bit of everything! Deep Dive: the anti-book twin or… the EVIL book twin! Book Presses: a historical fiction novel with broad appeal and a favorite mystery series As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . Bookish Moments: 3:15 - Meeting 20 Patrons of the podcast (Bookish Friends) over Zoom! 4:24 - Buddy reading a book with mom Current Reads: 5:16 - Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (Kaytee) 5:28 - Kindred by Octavia Butler 6:38 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy 6:40 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 8:00 - Parable of the Talents (book #2) by Octavia Butler 8:38 - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud (Meredith) 11:48 - The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey (Kaytee) 11:59 - @booknerdnative on Instagram 13:29 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman 14:06 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (Meredith) 14:16 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 18:45 - The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel (Kaytee) 20:40 - All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood 21:49 - The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s by Andy Green (Meredith) 22:48 - Office Ladies Podcast Deep Dive - Evil Book Twins: 27:14 - From the Front Porch Podcast 28:00 - What Should I Read Next Podcast 29:43 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Podcast 31:11 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 32:13 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 34:55 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (Kaytee) 35:14 - Episode 33 of Season 1 36:34 - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Kala returns and this time she just started a new book club, so we chat about that before moving on to other reads we've experienced lately. A little romance, a little comedy, a little history, a little reading in translation.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 184: Theme Night at Book Club with KalaSubscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via StitcherNEW! Listen through Spotify Books discussed: If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlaneTruth or Beard by Penny ReidThese Ghosts are Family by Maisy Cardb, Book, and Me by Kim Sagwa, translated by Sunhee JeongDon't Put the Boats Away by Ames SheldonOther mentions:Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur JaswalPatsy by Nicole Dennis-BennSugar in the Blood by Andrea StuartThe Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara CollinsWashington Black by Esi EdugyanMina by Kim Sagwa The Island of Sea Women by Lisa SeeThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe Mothers by Brit BennettLoving Donovan by Bernice McFaddenThe Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn JoukhadarThe Last Taxi Driver by Lee DurkeeKnitting the Fog by Claudia D. Hernandez   Stalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsKala on TwitterJenny on TwitterKala on FacebookKala's blog, Reader then Blogger Kala is @ReaderthenBlogger on InstagramJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

08 Feb 2020: Historical fiction writer, Esi Edugyan, explains to Annabelle Corton the ideas and process behind ‘Washington Black’ the story of an eleven-year-old slave who finds himself pursuing a promise of freedom.

A common book is used by colleges and universities to get students on the same page - literally. The idea is to have students in different classes read the same book. UW Tacoma used to employ common books but shelved the idea a few years ago. The project has been revised with a particular emphasis on creating community. Indeed, the renewed effort is referred to as the "community book." In this episode we'll talk with UW Tacoma Lecturer Annie Nguyen about this year's community book "Washington Black" by Esi Edugyan. We'll discuss why this book was chosen and plans to host the book's author on campus.

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Welcome to fall! The twins are catching up after summer and early fall travels.Marsha's MittsHow Quiet HatTerra MittsEstimarCliff Walk SocksArachneAstragalBelovedTroveInara WrapWashington BlackSo You've Been Publicly ShamedThe GoldfinchThe Spider and the FlyThe Bad SeedThe Nickel BoysThe SilenceMusic: Leather, Metal, Steel by Shannon ShawDirect Link

Listen in as we discuss the books we've reading outside of book club. In Laura's stack: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch and Queenie, by Candice Carty Williams, while Kate has The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, The Friend by Sigrid Nunez and The Easternmost House by Juliet Blaxland. We also discuss the Wainwright Prize shortlist, how to dip into your TBR and whether there are any gems in all of these for your next book club read.

Comenzamos la tercera temporada con un ENTREMEMENTOS, el cual no puede ser de mayor actualidad. Nos adentraremos de lleno el mundo de fantasía creado por Jim Henson y Frank Oz: "CRISTAL OSCURO". Skeksis, Gelfings, Podlings, y un sin fin de criaturas nos acompañaran en la travesía. Y por supuesto, la sección de Txivany "Solo ante ..." donde se saca de la manga otras dos pedazo de series (históricas): "TURN: espías en Washington" y "Black Sails". Bloque 1. Cristal oscuro y La era de la resistencia [00:05:14] Cristal oscuro: contexto y trama, valoraciones personales, interpretaciones de la mitología, impresiones de la serie Bloque 2. Solo ante... Series históricas [01:02:04] Turn, Los espías de Washington [01:16:50] Black Salils Blog de Txivany: https://soloante.blogspot.com/

Hannah Westland is the publisher at Serpent's Tail, the literary arm of Profile Books. Serpent's Tail launching the careers of writers such as David Peace, Michel Houellebecq and Colm Tóibín and made books such as Lionel Shriver’s We Need To Talk About Kevin and Karen Jay Fowler's We Are Completely Beside Ourselves into bestsellers.Hannah joined me to talk about books like Alix Nathan's The Warlow Experiment and the literary phenomenon that is Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent. Hannah also tells us how representing Esi Edugyan, the author of the Booker shortlisted Washington Black, as an agent helped Hannah transition into publishing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We start slow, as cool ambient music on a rainy Autumn evening, but by the halfway point we warm to the task and heat the discussion up to a boil. Some games just get you that way. TEMPS: 00:06:01 -- Tournament Losses (Wir Sind das Volk) 00:17:11 -- Innovation & Shogun (sessions) 00:28:25 -- Five-Player Games, now! 00:40:57 -- Spiderman on PS4 00:52:35 -- Endless Legend 01:00:45 -- City of the Big Shoulders (in-depth) 01:43:50 -- Vindication (preview) 01:54:57 -- Oban Little Bay 01:58:32 -- Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan  

New research on slavery with historians Christienna Fryar, Kevin Waite, and Andrea Livesey. A Different Drummer was the debut novel of Kelley - first published when he was 24. Compared to William Faulkner and James Baldwin, it was forgotten until an article about it led to republication. Kelley died aged 79 in 2017. His story imagines the day the black population of a Southern US town decide to get up and all go. Canadian writer Esi Edugyan has imagined a black slave becoming a scientist in her novel Washington Black. Laurence Scott presents.

If you've ever dreamed of switching everything off and being able to read for hours, then this is the show for you. Reading Retreats run holidays where people can rediscover their love of uninterrupted reading but what is the experience really like? Your intrepid reporter from The Book Club Review went along to Matlock in Derbyshire with a stack from the TBR pile to find out. • To find out more about Reading Retreats check out their website www.readingretreat.co.uk, or find them on facebook and twitter @retreatandread. • Books mentioned on this show were: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey; in Annie's stack were A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab, Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Aisha Malik, Rosewater by Tade Thompson, Belonging by Umi Sinha and Among Others by Jo Walton; in Sheila's stack were The Only Story by Julian Barnes, Revenge on the Rye by Alice Castle, Washington Black by Esi Edugyan and Broken Ground by Val McDermid and A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seiffert; Sarah Ward recommended The Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurdardottir and The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters; and in my stack were Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner, There There by Tommy Orange, Bad Blood by Jon Carreyrou and Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday. • If you'd like to see what we're up to between episodes follow us on Instagram or Facebook @BookClubReview podcast, on Twitter @bookclubrvwpod or email thebookclubreview@gmail.com. And if you're not already, why not subscribe to us on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.

Esi Edugyan's novel Half-Blood Blues, the story of a World War II–era mixed-race jazz band's abducted star trumpeter, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, among other honors. She is also the author of another novel, The Second Life of Samuel Tyne, and Dreaming of Elsewhere, a nonfiction meditation on home, identity, and belonging. ''A lush, exhilarating travelogue reminiscent of Jules Verne'' (New Yorker), Edugyan's new novel is the soaring tale of a young enslaved person who slips the bonds of Barbados through the miracle of flight. Named one of the best books of the year by a variety of periodicals, its eponymous protagonist finds physical and spiritual freedom amidst an uplifting hot-air balloon sojourn from the Caribbean to the Arctic. (recorded 6/18/2019)

We’re back to regularly scheduled programming around here and happy to welcome so many new listeners! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a TV-show experience that only happened because of bookish friendships, and a win in the “raising readers” world, one of our favorite places to report about! Next, we discuss our current reads for the week: brand new titles, buzzed about books and ones we think need more play in the book world. For our deep dive this week, we are focusing on Brick books for the Currently Reading challenge. We qualify these as books over 700 (or maybe 650) pages, and we’ve got a lot of them for you to choose from. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week’s picks include two more giant tomes: an unforgettable, series that defies genre categorization, and a non-fiction biography. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  7:26 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 9:40 - Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 10:44 - Heartland by Sarah Smarsh 10:48 - Episode 14 with Amy Allen Clark 11:01 - Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance 12:57 - He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly 17:48 - Lucy & Andy Neanderthal by Jeffrey Brown 18:00 - Diary of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 20:15 - Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown 20:17 - Goodnight, Darth Vader by Jeffrey Brown 20:55 - Inheritance by Dani Shapiro 24:15 - Interview with Dani Shapiro on the Happier Podcast 24:54 - The Current by Tim Johnston 29:27 - Bookshelf Thomasville Shelf Subscription 32:10 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King 32:39 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling 32:55 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 33:02 - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet 33:33 - The Physician by Noah Gordon 34:48 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara 35:04 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 35:46 - Shogun by James Clavell 35:56 - Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin 36:32 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck 35:38 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 37:02 - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke 37:45 - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 38:00 - I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb 38:39 - The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy 38:58 - What Should I Read Next episode about big books 39:09 - Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell 39:38 - The Passage (trilogy) by Justin Cronin 40:33 - It by Stephen King 40:35 - The Stand by Stephen King 40:35 - The Shining by Stephen King 40:36 - Needful Things by Stephen King 40:59 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 43:18 - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 44:27 - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou 45:26 - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*

Fine Music Radio — Philip Todres takes you into glorious views of an old family estate Constantia Glen with owner Alexander Waiver as they leaf through Constantia Glen - A Timeless Vision by Clare O’Donaghue, with Craign Fraser’s stunning photographs. And it’s one of today’s Giveaways. Cruel as ever, Michael Roche-Kelly hopes to keep us awake at night with three gripping thrillers, one of which – The Senior Advisor by Edmund-George King is also one of today’s Giveaways. Cindy Moritz takes you to a hard-to-find little village in Korea in Karin Cronje’s memoir of her teaching time there in There Goes English Teacher. Vanessa Levenstein munches her way through Have You Eaten Grandma, Gyles Brandreth’s often hilarious take on commas, apostrophes and others of today’s grammar glops. Go game viewing with zoologistT John Hanks via Stuart’s Field Guide to National Parks & Game Reserves of East Africa. rememberingto pack into your pocket Jonathan Leeming’s Scorpions of Southern Africa. Beverley Roos Muller pronounces Washington Black by Esu Edugyan a powerful, pacy and remarkable novel. Lesley Beake almost dances to The Rhythm of the Rain by Graham Baker Smith, but changes her tune with Barak Obama’s love letter to his daughters: Of Thee I Sing. If we’ve time Peter Soal persuasively praises Her Man Gilliome’s The Rise and Demise of the Afrikaaners for its fine writing and meticulous research.

Philip Todres takes you into glorious views of an old family estate Constantia Glen with owner Alexander Waiver as they leaf through Constantia Glen - A Timeless Vision by Clare O'Donaghue, with Craign Fraser's stunning photographs. And it's one of today's Giveaways. Cruel as ever, Michael Roche-Kelly hopes to keep us awake at night with three gripping thrillers, one of which – The Senior Advisor by Edmund-George King is also one of today's Giveaways. Cindy Moritz takes you to a hard-to-find little village in Korea in Karin Cronje's memoir of her teaching time there in There Goes English Teacher. Vanessa Levenstein munches her way through Have You Eaten Grandma, Gyles Brandreth's often hilarious take on commas, apostrophes and others of today's grammar glops. Go game viewing with zoologistT John Hanks via Stuart's Field Guide to National Parks & Game Reserves of East Africa. rememberingto pack into your pocket Jonathan Leeming's Scorpions of Southern Africa. Beverley Roos Muller pronounces Washington Black by Esu Edugyan a powerful, pacy and remarkable novel. Lesley Beake almost dances to The Rhythm of the Rain by Graham Baker Smith, but changes her tune with Barak Obama's love letter to his daughters: Of Thee I Sing. If we've time Peter Soal persuasively praises Her Man Gilliome's The Rise and Demise of the Afrikaaners for its fine writing and meticulous research.

Amanda and Jenn discuss travel and adventure stories, Romeo + Juliet read-alikes, books in translation, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, Nurx, and Dreamscape. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Feedback A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume Lady Hardcastle Series by T.E. Kinsey   Questions 1. Hello ~ I am fan of the podcast and wanted to ask for a recommendation if possible: I am traveling solo in Italy for two weeks in the end of March. I always like to bring 2 books along and was hoping you might have some recommendations for books that might be real page-turning addictive type. My directives are as such: - 2 publications (at least one of which I like fiction but historical non-fiction is also great). Since I hope to bring 2, neither of them should be super heavy/long for travel-weight-ease - I am a real fan of first person narrative - I love the semi-classics like anything by Hermann Hesse, Emile Zola and some Hemingway but also open to newer things (Murakami and Tom Robbins are people I go back to often) - I love a story that is somewhat of an adventure and the plot can range from realism to fantasy. - Really what I am looking for is something I can't put down. Thank you so much and I hope to hear from you soon ~ if not in the show an email would do the job and I'd be ever so grateful. -TJ   2. hello! god, this podcast is heaven-sent, thank you so much for what you do! maybe you can help me find something in this very narrow niche! one of my favorite movies is romeo + juliet (1996) and i've been craving for something that plays to that star-crossed lovers thrown in neon splendor. something that has that city grit feel to it but also that greasy-dreamy quality and moments of awe and heartbreak. and neon. i would love something to rip my heart out both with the characters, their love story and the descriptions! something lush, a little silly, and utterly beautiful and sprawling. this is asking for a lot, i know, but if anyone can find it — i believe you can! i would LOVE it to be lgbt. no y/a or graphic novels please. fantasy and magic are encouraged but not required. -Cal   3. I would love to expand my reading repertoire to include more books in translation. I would appreciate some fiction recommendations that will immerse me in the lives and cultures of diverse people and places, particularly areas that we may not hear about often here in the U.S. I enjoy most genres as long as the writing is engaging and the stories are interesting. I am sensitive to any books that involve harm to animals and prefer to avoid stories like that. Other than that, I have no trigger warnings. I will include a link to my Goodreads profile and hope that will be helpful. -Bobbi   4. Hello! I would love to find a great book to read next and I'm completely overwhelmed by my TBR. My most recent favorites are the Unseen World and If We Were Villains. I also love authors Hannah Kent and Celeste Ng. I'm currently reading Washington Black and I'm loving it so far. Thank you for the help! -Lauren   5. My sister-in-law and I are going to celebrate our birthdays next summer by taking a literary-themed trip to England. We plan to visit the homes and inspirational settings of our favorite female authors, especially Jane Austen, all the Brontes, and Daphne du Maurier. Besides rereading their novels, we would like to read travelogues or fictional books that highlight these regions in England. We anticipate traveling throughout Cornwall, Hampshire, Bath, and Yorkshire (and possibly Hay-on-Wye in Wales because who can resist a town famous for its bookshops!). I love the podcast and have been listening for years. Thanks. -Donna   6. Just finished The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavelle and I've got stars on my eyes I love the way he started with such a racist story and, instead of glossing over it, put it center focus and used that as a way to exam the racism of the day and in Lovecraft's work. Do you know of any other sci-fi, fantasy or horror retellings that make great social commentary? -Kathleen   7. I just saw The Favourite and I loved it! I would like either a nonfiction book about the real Queen Anne or (if that's not possible) a queer historical fiction novel, preferably one that flies under the radar. I've read KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, Alan Hollingsworth, and Sarah Waters. -Amy   Books Discussed On Trails by Robert Moor America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan A Room with a View by EM Forster Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar As Meat Loves Salt (rec’d by Kathleen) by Maria McCann (TW: violence of all kinds) Anna-Marie McLemore War for the Oaks by Emma Bull Tentacle by Rita Indiana, transl by Achy Obejas (tw: rape) Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, translated by Tina Kover The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (tw: self-harm, suicidal ideation, eating disorders) Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper The Merry Spinster by Daniel Mallory Ortberg Not So Stories, edited by David Thomas Moore Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough by Ophelia Field

Guests of Adelaide Writers' Week on their latest books: Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif speaks to Claire Nichols at the festival about his novel Red Birds and Esi Edugyan on her 2018 Booker shortlisted novel Washington Black.

In Episode 69, Heather and Bennett discuss the BBC television show Killing Eve, and the book Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. Other topics include: Marcus Zusak, Beauty & the Beast, The Lion King, free iphone games, Nike, Samsung,The Golden Compass, A Place for Wolves, Orphan Black, Grey's Anatomy, My Mad Fat Diary, Three Dark Crowns, Children of Blood & Bone, Rocketman, Hugh Laurie, and Space Jam.

A conversation between Ashley Warren and Ellen Snoeyenbos about the book, Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan.

Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. Many many thanks to guest hosts Alexa Potashnik and Sappfyre McLeod from Black Space Winnipeg! George Washington Black is a young field slave born on a Barbados sugar plantation. When his master’s eccentric brother chooses him as manservant, Wash is…

In their last full episode of the year, the Jennys chat about how the tone of a book can make or break it, and review Esi Edugyan's latest novel, Washington Black.

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss The Feather Thief, Washington Black, Severance, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, GH Mumm Champagne, and ThirdLove.

A long lost classic by William Melvin Kelley, who coined the term "woke" back in 1962 in a New York Times article, Esi Edugyan's Booker shortlisted novel, and new research on slavery with historians Christienna Fryar, Kevin Waite, and Andrea Livesey. Laurence Scott presents. A Different Drummer was the debut novel of Kelley - first published when he was 24. Compared to William Faulkner and James Baldwin, it was forgotten until an article about it earlier this year. Kelley died aged 79 in 2017. His story imagines the day the black population of a Southern US town decide to get up and all go. Canadian writer Esi Edugyan has imagined a black slave becoming a scientist in her novel Washington Black. You can hear more Free Thinking discussion on American culture and history here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06jzmf6 Producer: Luke Mulhall

Desde Montreal, un saludo a todos nuestros oyentes e internautas que nos siguen en este momento en directo a través de  Facebook Live  y en nuestro canal de YouTube , y también a los que siguen a través nuestro sitio www.rcinet.ca/es . Hoy estamos en el estudio: Leonora Chapman, Pablo Gómez Barrios, Leonardo Gimeno y Rufo Valencia. Como siempre, les agradecemos a todos nuestros oyentes/internautas por participar en el programa a través de sus correos-comentarios en nuestro sitio web y en las redes sociales. Escuche ES_Reportage_4-20181123-WRS40 Ward, de 10 años, vive en el zoológico de TorontoPhoto Credit: U de Toronto Música Alessia Cara La estrella del pop canadiense Alessia Cara (Evan Mitsui / CBC) Ella actuó junto a Taylor Swift, realizó una gira con Coldplay y se convirtió en ganadora del Premio Grammy a la edad de 21 años. Ahora, Alessia Cara está llevando su carrera musical a un nuevo nivel al lograr un objetivo que la cantante y compositora canadiense dice que ella misma estableció hace años. Cara es la escritora principal de todas las canciones de su próximo segundo álbum, The Pains of Growing, una rareza entre las jóvenes estrellas del pop que a menudo buscan mantenerse en la cima de las listas con éxitos garantizados. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF9YayOgjRg Reportajes destacados de la semana La UNAM-CANADÁ conmemora el 50 aniversario del M68 Este 2018 se conmemoran tanto en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México como en su extensión en Canadá, los 50 años del movimiento estudiantil del 68, M68, también conocido como la Masacre de Tlatelolco en la que un número indeterminado de estudiantes perdieron la vida (se habla de entre 200 y 300 estudiantes muertos) en la Plaza de las Tres Culturas de Tlatelolco. Para conmemorar este 50 aniversario del M68, la Escuela de extensión universitaria de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México en Canadá, UNAM-CANADÁ, organizó la exposición “Hace 50 años…el M68 y la UNAM”. Pablo Gómez Barrios conversó con Gerardo Familiar-Ferrer, Secretario Técnico de la UNAM-CANADÁ y curador de la exposición. Intolerancia política en universidades brasileñas provoca reacción en el medio académico canadiense Detrás de la campaña en las universidades se encuentra el movimiento "Escuela sin partido", un lobby ultra conservador que lucha contra las clases de educación sexual y que desea reescribir la historia, presentando entre otros al ex dictador chileno Augusto Pinochet como liberador.Photo : AFP/Getty Images / CARL DE SOUZA Un proyecto de ley presentado ante el Parlamento brasileño dirigido específicamente a las universidades causa inquietud no solo en Brasil sino también en el medio académico canadiense. Este proyecto de ley dice que se propone garantizar a los estudiantes universitarios una “educación no partidista». La derecha brasileña, dice Julián Durazo Herrmann, presidente de la Asociación Canadiense de Estudios Latinoamericanos, ha estado buscando maneras de entrar en el medio universitario y limitar los debates y las reflexiones cercanas a la izquierda.  Leonora Chapman con la entrevista. Premio Giller de literatura: la voz de los de abajo es recompensada en Canadá La escritora canadiense Esi Edugyan antes de la ceremonia de premiación en Toronto el lunes 19 de noviembre. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) La noche del lunes 19 de noviembre en Toronto, la escritora Esi Edugyan fue declarada como la ganadora en 2018 del Premio Giller de Scotiabank, uno de los premios literarios más prestigiosos de Canadá, con un valor de 100.000 dólares. La escritora nacida en Calgary en 1978, hija de inmigrantes provenientes de Ghana, África, y radicada en Victoria, provincia de Columbia Británica, ganó este año el premio por su novela “Washington Black”. La novela narra la experiencia de un niño de once años que escapa de la esclavitud en una plantación de azúcar de Barbados con la ayuda del hermano menor del propietario. Reportaje de Rufo Valencia.

Desde Montreal, un saludo a todos nuestros oyentes e internautas que nos siguen en este momento en directo a través de  Facebook Live  y en nuestro canal de YouTube , y también a los que siguen a través nuestro sitio www.rcinet.ca/es . Hoy estamos en el estudio: Leonora Chapman, Pablo Gómez Barrios, Leonardo Gimeno y Rufo Valencia. Como siempre, les agradecemos a todos nuestros oyentes/internautas por participar en el programa a través de sus correos-comentarios en nuestro sitio web y en las redes sociales. Escuche ES_Reportage_4-20181123-WRS40 Ward, de 10 años, vive en el zoológico de TorontoPhoto Credit: U de Toronto Música Alessia Cara La estrella del pop canadiense Alessia Cara (Evan Mitsui / CBC) Ella actuó junto a Taylor Swift, realizó una gira con Coldplay y se convirtió en ganadora del Premio Grammy a la edad de 21 años. Ahora, Alessia Cara está llevando su carrera musical a un nuevo nivel al lograr un objetivo que la cantante y compositora canadiense dice que ella misma estableció hace años. Cara es la escritora principal de todas las canciones de su próximo segundo álbum, The Pains of Growing, una rareza entre las jóvenes estrellas del pop que a menudo buscan mantenerse en la cima de las listas con éxitos garantizados. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF9YayOgjRg Reportajes destacados de la semana La UNAM-CANADÁ conmemora el 50 aniversario del M68 Este 2018 se conmemoran tanto en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México como en su extensión en Canadá, los 50 años del movimiento estudiantil del 68, M68, también conocido como la Masacre de Tlatelolco en la que un número indeterminado de estudiantes perdieron la vida (se habla de entre 200 y 300 estudiantes muertos) en la Plaza de las Tres Culturas de Tlatelolco. Para conmemorar este 50 aniversario del M68, la Escuela de extensión universitaria de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México en Canadá, UNAM-CANADÁ, organizó la exposición “Hace 50 años…el M68 y la UNAM”. Pablo Gómez Barrios conversó con Gerardo Familiar-Ferrer, Secretario Técnico de la UNAM-CANADÁ y curador de la exposición. Intolerancia política en universidades brasileñas provoca reacción en el medio académico canadiense Detrás de la campaña en las universidades se encuentra el movimiento "Escuela sin partido", un lobby ultra conservador que lucha contra las clases de educación sexual y que desea reescribir la historia, presentando entre otros al ex dictador chileno Augusto Pinochet como liberador.Photo : AFP/Getty Images / CARL DE SOUZA Un proyecto de ley presentado ante el Parlamento brasileño dirigido específicamente a las universidades causa inquietud no solo en Brasil sino también en el medio académico canadiense. Este proyecto de ley dice que se propone garantizar a los estudiantes universitarios una “educación no partidista». La derecha brasileña, dice Julián Durazo Herrmann, presidente de la Asociación Canadiense de Estudios Latinoamericanos, ha estado buscando maneras de entrar en el medio universitario y limitar los debates y las reflexiones cercanas a la izquierda.  Leonora Chapman con la entrevista. Premio Giller de literatura: la voz de los de abajo es recompensada en Canadá La escritora canadiense Esi Edugyan antes de la ceremonia de premiación en Toronto el lunes 19 de noviembre. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) La noche del lunes 19 de noviembre en Toronto, la escritora Esi Edugyan fue declarada como la ganadora en 2018 del Premio Giller de Scotiabank, uno de los premios literarios más prestigiosos de Canadá, con un valor de 100.000 dólares. La escritora nacida en Calgary en 1978, hija de inmigrantes provenientes de Ghana, África, y radicada en Victoria, provincia de Columbia Británica, ganó este año el premio por su novela “Washington Black”. La novela narra la experiencia de un niño de once años que escapa de la esclavitud en una plantación de azúcar de Barbados con la ayuda del hermano menor del propietario. Reportaje de Rufo Valencia.

Allie, Evan, Max, and Kristina discuss the Scotiabank Giller Prize winning Washington Black with Esi Edugyan. On white saviors (3:54); this is the dawning of the age of aquariums (8:49); getting closure at 22-years-old (13:34); Esi Edugyan joins the conversation (14:54); a series of farewells and returns (17:24); dancing about architecture (25:21); that one Bjork album about break-ups (22:53)

Esi Edugyan, author of the novel, “Washington Black,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. From Wikipedia: < Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, to Ghanaian immigrant parents, Edugyan studied creative writing at the University of Victoria, where she was mentored by Jack Hodgins. She also earned a master's degree from Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars. Her debut novel, The Second Life of Samuel Tyne, was published in 2004 and was shortlisted for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award in 2005. Despite favorable reviews for her first novel, Edugyan had difficulty securing a publisher for her second fiction manuscript. She spent some time as a writer-in-residence in Stuttgart, Germany. This period inspired her to drop her unsold manuscript and write another novel, Half-Blood Blues, about a mixed-race jazz musician in World War II-era Europe who is abducted by the Nazis as a “Rhineland Bastard“.  Published in 2011, Half-Blood Blues was announced as a shortlisted nominee for that year's Man Booker Prize.> Washington Black tells the story of a young slave in Barbados in the 1840s who is taken under the wing of the abolitionist brother of his master. The novel follows his adventures as he wends his way through the world. Recorded at Book Passage bookstore in Corte Madera, California. Special thanks to Elaine Petrocelli. The post Esi Edugyan appeared first on KPFA.

Kate and Cassie are joined by essayist Fiona Wright and historian Kimberley Knight as they discuss Anna Burns' Irish novel Milkman, Esi Edugyan's story of slavery and escape Washington Black and a Finnish novel of claustrophobic decay, The Summer House. Oh, and there are saints and tears in the mix too.

Sarah Bowen Shea is joined by dear Ellison Weist to discuss how parents (in their cases, their respective fathers) started them down their path to becoming dedicated runners. Laugh along at the “jogging” attire Ellison remembers her father sporting—and why it got him pulled over by the police while out on an early morning jaunt! SBS talks about how her father’s devotion to two water-related sports—swimming and rowing—launched her on her running journey.Then, one after another, three mother runners hop on to tell their stories. First is Carla Burke, a mom of two preschoolers who’s training for her debut marathon, and who was influenced by her dad to take up running. Carla talks about his “Rocky-esque” running attire. Find out why that reference is especially apt, given the marathon Carla is training for—and which her father is volunteering for. Next is Carolyn Rock, a mom of two grown daughters, who tells how she joined Weight Watchers and started running to avoid following her mother down a road of unhealthy choices. (Spoiler alert: Carolyn is running her 57th marathon this weekend!!) Laugh along as Carolyn calls a recliner “a chair of death” and laments her “weak side-butt.” Carolyn posits an intriguing theory about grief and physical running ailments. The final guest is Sarah Axelrod, a mom of a daughter, who was deeply influenced by her own dedicated-runner mom. Hear how Sarah literally follows iher mother’s footsteps around Boston, including during an amazing recent 10K road race. SBS hopes this episodes causes you to reflect on the forces that shaped you into the runner you are today (or hope to become).In the intro, there is much talk of police procedurals/thrillers—find out which ones E and SBS are currently addicted to! The two books Ellison recommends are Washington Black and Witch Elm. To get $20 off an Away suitcase, go to awaytravel.com/amr and use promo code amr. Mercury Mile fuses fashion and function for all runners: Take $10 off your stylist fee by using code AMR at MercuryMile.com For 10% off your first Hunt a Killer box, go to huntakiller.com/amr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Ivanhoe to Wolf Hall to The Essex Serpent, what is it about the historical novel that is so compelling? This month, we spoke to Canadian author Esi Edugyan about her third novel, Washington Black (shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize). It tells the story of a gifted artist, born a slave on a plantation in 1830s Bermuda, and the fantastic and surprising course of his life which takes him from the Arctic to London to the deserts of Morocco in an exciting but perilous adventure. If you’re curious about what we look for in art about the past, and have ever wondered if historical novels really have to be true to history, press play and join us.

Welcome back to Mostly Lit! This week we talk about Esi Edugyan’s Man Booker Shortlisted book, Washington Black. We also talk about intimacy, Halloween and the cultural relevance of Coming To America! Another elements of Black achievement this Black History Month. Not one to miss! Remember to RATE, REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE! Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Books:  Intimacy by Osho How To Love A Jamaican - Alexia Arthurs The Book of Disquiet - Fernando Pessoa Live Show November 3rd, 2018: https://tinyurl.com/mostlylitbfi Intro Music by: @StuffDeejSays ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode! Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube! Follow us on: Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stpr Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQ Email - mostlylit@gmail.com Website: www.mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What better way to spend a chilly, blustery day than with a good read (and maybe a warm drink)? Andrea stops by to share five titles that she recommends for this fall. Titles mentioned: Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg November Road by Lou Berney (read Jo’s review here) Washington Black by…

This week in Read On we are devoting the entire show to the 2018 Man Booker Prize. Chair of judges Kwame Anthony Appiah will reveal this year’s shortlist and how it was arrived at. Esi Edugyan introduces us to the phenomenal story of Washington Black. Richard Powers waxes lyrical about trees. And we hear from both the youngest author ever to have been shortlisted and the oldest living person to have received The Man Booker Prize for fiction.

Bookmark This! - Breaking down the Man Booker shortlist 25 mins Synopsis: A new monthly podcast by The Straits Times, where we talk about titles in the headlines and sizzling reads. This month, we break down the six contenders on the Man Booker Prize shortlist. Who will win the prestigious prize come Oct 16? We present our top choices. Fast forward to the following times for the various books covered. 00:36: The Long Take by Robin Robertson 05:32: Milkman by Anna Burns 13:27: The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner 14:45: The Overstory by Richard Powers 18:43: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 21:49: Everything Under by Daisy Johnson Produced by: Olivia Ho, Toh Wen Li, Ernest Luis and Jonathan Roberts Discover more Bookmark This! podcasts and rate us on: Spotify: http://str.sg/oeGg Apple Podcasts: http://str.sg/oeXN Google Podcasts: http://str.sg/oeLG Playlist: https://str.sg/JZnG Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Thank you for your support! ST & BT Podcasts picked up a silver medal for Best Digital Project to engage younger and/or millennial audiences at 2019 Asian Digital Media Awards by Wan-Ifra:  https://str.sg/Jw5T  Watch a video of Podcasts on the rise in Singapore: https://youtu.be/aGJ4cbch6eQ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bookmark This! - Breaking down the Man Booker shortlist 25 mins Synopsis: A new monthly podcast by The Straits Times, where we talk about titles in the headlines and sizzling reads. This month, we break down the six contenders on the Man Booker Prize shortlist. Who will win the prestigious prize come Oct 16? We present our top choices. Fast forward to the following times for the various books covered. 00:36: The Long Take by Robin Robertson 05:32: Milkman by Anna Burns 13:27: The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner 14:45: The Overstory by Richard Powers 18:43: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 21:49: Everything Under by Daisy Johnson Produced by: Olivia Ho, Toh Wen Li, Ernest Luis and Jonathan Roberts Discover more Bookmark This! podcasts and rate us on: Spotify: http://str.sg/oeGg Apple Podcasts: http://str.sg/oeXN Google Podcasts: http://str.sg/oeLG Playlist: https://str.sg/JZnG Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Thank you for your support! ST & BT Podcasts picked up a silver medal for Best Digital Project to engage younger and/or millennial audiences at 2019 Asian Digital Media Awards by Wan-Ifra:  https://str.sg/Jw5T  Watch a video of Podcasts on the rise in Singapore: https://youtu.be/aGJ4cbch6eQ

Root for the unlikely heroes of this high adventure who escape by hot air balloon from an 1830s Caribbean plantation to the arctic plains of Canada. Narrator Dion Graham pulls out the stops to sweep listeners along with the eleven-year-old enslaved boy and his master. Beautiful, evocative writing has put this historical novel on the shortlist for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. For more free audiobook recommendations, sign up for AudioFile Magazine’s newsletter on our website. On today’s episode are Jo Reed and AudioFile Magazine publisher Michele Cobb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Le texte de la semaine avec Aurélie Lanctôt et Jean-Philippe Cipriani. Entrevue avec In Koli Jean Bofane pour son nouveau roman La Belle de Casa. Pourquoi lire Colette selon Claire Legendre. Qu'en pensent nos universitaires? avec Geneviève Péladeau, Laurence Tremblay et Gali Bonin qui ont lu Nègres blancs d'Amérique, de Pierre Vallières. La carte d'identité de Marie-Élaine Guay pour son recueil Castagnettes. Monique Polak et Donald Cuccioletta ont lu pour nous la fiction historique Washington Black, d'Esi Edugyan.

Welcome to our 99th episode, Neighbors! We're psyched to chat with you and 90 Day Fiancee; RH of Dallas; so many 'Seriously, F-These Guys'; multiple podcast recs; a doc review, and Erin sings the praise of Washington Black. And if you're a fan of clever novelty t-shirts, has Marg got a rec for you! Settle in and let the chatter wash over you! 

Spike Lee's new film BlacKkKlansman is based on a true story from the 1970s. John David Washington plays Ron Stallworth the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself he sets out on a dangerous mission to infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. Natty Kasambala reviews.Canadian author Esi Edugyan on her Man Booker Prize long-listed novel, Washington Black. A historical adventure, set in the early 19th century, it's the story of a young slave who flees Barbados with an abolitionist inventor.Poet Alison Brackenbury tells us how she is getting on with her commission to write a poem for our Inspire season. Comedian Helen Lederer returns to stand-up comedy and launches Comedy Women in Print, a competition to encourage funny female fiction.Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Harry Parker.

The LINK Online this week features Carmel Kilkenny, sitting in for Marc Montgomery, Lynn Desjardins, Levon Sevunts and Er Shen. https://www.facebook.com/rcinet/videos/10160571987120114/ ListenEN_Interview_2-20180727-WIE20 Man Booker Prize nominees include a Graphic Novel Man Booker Prize nominee, Nick Drnaso creator of 'Sabrina' the first graphic novel ever long listed for the 2018 Prize. Man Booker Prize nominees for 2018 were announced on Monday and on the long list are two Canadians, and a third Canadian connection. The writers are Michael Ondaatje for his latest historical fiction novel, Warlight. Esi Edugyan is nominated again for her novel Washington Black. And for the first time a graphic novel was nominated; Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, was published by Montreal’s Drawn & Quarterly. Tracy Hurren, senior editor at Drawn & Quarterly describes the book as "literature" and credits the Man Booker committee for their foresight. Not so permanent tattoos Inkbox is the name of the company two Toronto brothers founded for lovers of tattoos, but for those who love the art and the experience but don't want to commit. Established in 2015 by Tyler and Braden Handley, the duo has just secured $10 million US in venture capital to expand their Toronto company which makes and sells tattoos that last only up to 18 days.  Underwater mountains and amazing sealife off the coast of B.C. This octopus, Graneledone boreopacifica, was found hanging onto a rock. (Ocean Exploration Trust, Northeast Pacific Seamount Expedition Partners) Canadian scientists discovered ancient and fragile coral forests and potentially new species during an expedition to explore deep-sea mountains off the coast of British Columbia. Now they say these “spectacular” sea wonders should be permanently protected. The expedition team included four groups, with members from the Haida Nation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Oceana Canada, and Ocean Networks Canada. They set sail earlier this month to explore seamounts (underwater mountains) near the islands of Haida Gwaii in the northeast Pacific Ocean. window.jQuery || document.write('

Dr. Kevin Washington is a licensed psychologist and assistant professor at Howard University, who has served as a behavioral consultant for Essence Magazine and BET, Black Entertainment Television. He is the President of the Association of Black Psychologists. He has degrees from Grambling State and Texas A&M. His work centers around rites of passage, ubuntu and ubuntu psychotherapy. Through his research and writing he seeks to assist people to live with power, purpose and passion.