Jessica B. Harris Reflects On Her Time With James Baldwin, Maya Angelou

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 15, 2017

Award-winning food writer and cookbook author Jessica B. Harris joins us to discuss her memoir My Soul Looks Back, which reflects on the years she spent with a group of prominent African American artists and writers that included James Baldwin, Maya Angelou and Nina Simone. The book also includes a selection of her favorite recipes.

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