Breena Clarke’s new novel, Stand the Storm, revolves around the Coats family, a black family living in Georgetown around the time of the Civil War, and their struggles to free themselves from the legacy of slavery.
Event:
Breena Clarke will be reading from Stand the Storm
Tuesday, 9/16 at 7pm
at the Studio Museum in Harlem
144 W. 125th St., near Lenox Ave.
The event is free; for more info call 212-864-4500
Guests:
Breena Clarke
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Comments [5]
Can't get anything past me people, I listen in all day.
??? Highly skilled crafts people? Am I supposed to be impressed or offended? I am not either Munich.
Leonard,
I am a longtime listener and I love your show, and I am amazed that you refer to Jones' "The Known World", but were unaware that slaves were often highly skilled crafts people who were often hired out by their owners. I guess you did not read the book - or perhaps have forgotten key details of it. As usual - great show. Bob Schieffer is a vanishing breed.
Why doesn't anyone write about the time before the europeans swooped in and captured the Africans? The Kings and Queens of Africa? Very curious about this. I wonder why authors don't realize that this would be uplifting to the Black youth who are disconnected from their ancestry?
You are correct Ms. Clark, there are tons of books on this subject, so why do you want to take us back to this again? What is different about the Coats story?
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