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The Chaneysville Incident

The Chaneysville Incident

FromLit Century


The Chaneysville Incident

FromLit Century

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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Apr 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, writer Matthew Hunte joins host Catherine Nichols to discuss David Bradley's 1981 novel The Chaneysville Incident, a historical novel based on a legend of thirteen runaway slaves who killed themselves to avoid being caught and returned to slavery. Matthew Hunte is a writer from St. Lucia, whose essays include "In Praise of Minor Literature," and "Albert Murray and the Americas."
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Released:
Apr 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (67)

Hosts Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols choose one book for each year of the twentieth century (Nella Larsen's Passing, 1936, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, 1966; Mohandas Gandhi's Indian Home Rule, 1909) and talk about it in its historical and literary context. Join the hosts and their special guests to find out what the 20th century was all about.