The Moon in Our Hands
Friday, June 03, 2005
Thomas Dyja, author of Play for a Kingdom, tells us about his new novel, The Moon in Our Hands. The book is based on the real life of Walter White—a young black man who was light-skinned enough to pass as white—who went to Tennessee in 1918 to investigate lynchings for the NAACP.
Music: Soundtrack to a Family Thing, music by Charles Gross: “Slow Train Comin’” / “First Frost”
Music: Soundtrack to a Family Thing, music by Charles Gross: “Slow Train Comin’” / “First Frost”
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