Season 1 · Episode 23
023: 'Blackness' in Literature
The History Hotline · Deanna Lyncook
February 22, 202149m 40s
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Show Notes
This week I am joined by Orisha, creator of The Reader's Collection. We discuss African American literature and the portrayal of 'Blackness' across several texts by authors and poets such as: Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.
Our conversation goes from the representation of Black masculinity and fatherhood to the portrayal of women and how Black authors have subverted these narratives.