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Forgetting and the Forgotten: A Thousand Years of Contested Histories in the Heartland details the nature of how a community, in this case Jackson County Illinois, forged its story against outsiders.

Vautrin oversees the coming and going of refugees, some of whom have returned to Ginling after being assaulted in their homes by Japanese soldiers.

California Institute of the Arts has named Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author Hilton Als as its 2022 Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence.

This week on Blanket Fort Radio Theater's production of "The Undaunted Women of Nanking," as efforts to return to normalcy abound, Vautrin and Tsen find it difficult to reckon with their trauma.

Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we continue our focus on Black History Month by discussing two more titles on African American history from SIU Press.

This week on Blanket Fort Radio Theater's production of "The Undaunted Women of Nanking," on the date refugees are ordered to leave Ginling, Minnie, though ill, oversees their departure while Tsen continues her work to acquire more medicine, and to document the births and deaths in the camp.

Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we honor Black History Month with a discussion of two exciting new titles from SIU Press. The first book, “Organizing Freedom: Black Emancipation Activism in the Civil War Midwest,” is by Jennifer Harbour.

From the blog of Daniel Wolpe at The Times of Israel

This week on Blanket Fort Radio Theater's production of "The Undaunted Women of Nanking," Vautrin and Tsen prepare, against their wishes, to send refugees away from Ginling. Tsen laments the women’s malnutrition, while Vautrin, witnessing continued attacks by Japanese soldiers, wonders what can be done to protect the women after they leave.Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling initiative of SIU Press in collaboration with the SIU Creative Writing Program and WSIU Radio.

Smith Creative Writing Series guest speaker comments on following the push-pull of art