in Hartford is rethinking how they present the complex legacy of author Harriet Beecher Stowe and her best known work,
This hour, Erika Slocumb, Director of Interpretation and Visitor Experience at the Stowe Center, joins us to discuss the changes this local museum is making to better showcase literary activism of the past and how it influences the future.
We鈥檒l also hear from , an independent bookstore and neighborhood bookspace in New Haven. We learn about their efforts to promote works by diverse authors, and using books to promote change.
Books recommended by our guests:
- The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada by Josiah Henson
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
- Key to Uncle Tom鈥檚 Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ren茅e Watson (recommended for younger readers)
- The Parable Series by Octavia E. Butler
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing (to be released 2/11/25)
GUESTS:
- Director of Interpretation and Visitor Experience at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism in Hartford
- Associate Professor at the English Department at the University of 海角换妻
- founder and bookseller at Possible Futures independent bookstore in New Haven
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