Published June 4, 2021 at 1:06 PM CDT Listen • 27:00
Susan Larson talks with Clint Smith about his new book, “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America.”
Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week
Here in New Orleans:
Clint Smith, begins his virtual book tour this week, which continues throughout the month. Check out clintsmithiii.com for info.
Poet Kelly Harris-DeBerry signs “Freedom Knows My Name” in a sidewalk book signing event, Saturday, June 5, from 2-3:30 p.m. at Blue Cypress Books.
Nicolas DiDomizio, author of “Burn It All Down, and Steven Salvatore, author of “Can’t Take That Away,” are the guests for virtual Happy Hour, Monday, June 7, from 5-6, sponsored by Garden District book Shop on Facebook Live.
OffBeat Magazine
The Contemporary Arts Center has announced that tickets are now on sale for The Prison Music Project hosted by Zoe Boekbinder. This will be a streamed concert of music from Boekbinder’s album
Long Time Gone, which will be available for streaming on March 26, 27, and 28, 2021 on the Eventive platform, featuring Ani DiFranco, Princess Shaw, BL Shirelle, and more. The album released in 2020 on Righteous Babe and was produced in collaboration with Ani Di Franco. It features work by nine incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated writers.
In May 2010, Zoe Boekbinder paid their first visit to New Folsom Prison, a maximum-security penitentiary outside Sacramento, California. What they thought would be one interesting day turned into a decade-long collaborative project. Boekbinder visited the prison often over the next five years; performing and teaching music workshops quickly turned into the beginnings of collaborations with writers and musicians who were incarcerated wi