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TEMPEST follows Veronique (a.k.a. V) who, after her parents' death in
Hurricane Katrina, moved to her MawMaw’s house in the Louisiana
countryside. MawMaw always said that Veronique needed to hide her control and
power over the wind, but one day, she has to use it to save...
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As attempts to ignore, refute, or even remove
African-Americans' contributions to the American record, we at "Black
Book Talk" continue to affirm Black history and culture as expressed through
our literature. To this end, we rebroadcast our November 2021 conversation
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Katherine Morgan is the energetic owner of Portland's first all-romance
bookstore. Her enthusiasm for the genre is sincere and contagious.
Perhaps that's why this Black-woman-owned business, located on 10th
Avenue, right across from Multnomah County's Main Library, ca...
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In Love, Rita Bridgett M. Davis tells the story of her beloved older sister
Rita, a vivacious woman who attended Fisk University at age sixteen, and went
on to become a car test driver, an amateur belly dancer, an MBA, and later a
popular special ed teacher. In doing so...
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Nikki Giovanni. a national treasure, was a frequent visitor to the
Portland area. Hosts Emma Ford, O B Hill and Patricia Welch will be
reading our favorite poems, sharing highlights of her life and welcoming
listeners to call in and do the same. Everyone has a favor...
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Author Sidney Morrison joins us to discuss his book, Frederick
Douglass: a Novel, about the man considered the most prominent African
American of the 19th century. Frederick Douglass was instrumental in ending
the institution of slavery from which he escaped to be...
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When President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race and
endorsed his vice president to succeed him, the country's attention focussed
on Kamala Harris. The notion of this dynamic, Afro-Asian woman (mother
emigrated from India, father from Jamaica) ha...
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Newly-emancipated Halle decides to leave the plantation in search of her
parents. Aurelia, whose privileged life was ravaged by the Civil
War, wants to find her brother, a soldier who fought with the Union
army. Both are plotting their trip North when their paths cros...
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