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Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort this week as we continue our conversation between John Pollitz, Dean of Library Affairs at SIU, and Michael C. Batinski, Professor Emeritus of History at SIU and author of Forgetting and the Forgotten: A Thousand Years of Contested Histories in the Heartland, which was published by SIU Press this past January.Also, catch the latest podcast episode of Blanket Fort Radio Theater's production of "The Undaunted Women of Nanking." Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling initiative of SIU Press in collaboration with the SIU Creative Writing Pr...

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This week on Blanket Fort Radio Theater's production of "The Undaunted Women of Nanking," continued good weather and the arrival of mail and food from Shanghai lift the women’s spirits. However, the bombing and looting continues, and Tsen Shui-fang surveys the destruction in the southern part of Nanking. Meanwhile, Minnie visits a prison and collects more stories.Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling initiative of SIU Press in collaboration with the SIU Creative Writing Program and WSIU Radio.

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.