In Victory for the Vote: The Fight for Women's Suffrage and the Century That Followed, women's history expert Doris Weatherford offers an engaging and detailed narrative history of women's decadeslong fight for the vote, and the continuing current-day struggle for human rights and equality. Joining Weatherford is Marlene Wagman-Geller, author of Fabulous Female Firsts: Because of Them […]
Jacqueline Winspear’s This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing reveals the hardships and joys of her family history. At once shockingly frank and deftly restrained, her story tackles the difficult, poignant, and fascinating family accounts of three generations – her grandparents, her parents, and she and her brother. She’s sharing even more as she speaks […]
Presented in English and Haitian Creole. Transcription available in English and Creole The wheels on Taptap KRIK? KRAK! go round and round. Colorful and packed with stories, this bus is stopping at your house! Enjoy Haitian and Caribbean stories, music, dance, and many other surprises. Special guests include chef Nadège Fleurimond, storyteller Katia D. Ulysse, […]
Moderated by Jean-Jacques Garnier from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States. Presented in French with English subtitles. English transcription available to non-French speakers. This panel discusses the recent developments in French Caribbean poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, showing how literature continues to intersect with other political and artistic movements within the […]
Moderated by Leonie Hermantin, member of the Center for Haitian Studies’ Board of Directors. Presented in Haitian Creole with English subtitles. English transcription available for non-Creole speakers During the colonial era, Haiti’s Black Code governed the slavery system. Later, the Civil Code was added to the Black Code with the aim of softening the slavery […]
Moderated by Marleine Bastien, executive director of FANM, and MJ Fievre, author of Badass Black Girl. Presented in Haitian Creole with English subtitles. English transcription available for non-Creole speakers The history of Haiti includes many notable queens and empresses, such as Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, the wife of Haitian general Jean Jacques Dessalines; Marie […]
Grifters, cheats, and killers. Welcome to Florida! Tampa Bay Times editor and writer Colette Bancroft has collected 15 new tales of murder, fraud, and debauchery in Tampa Bay Noir, a welcome installment in the beloved locale-specific Noir series. Discussing the Gulf Coast’s seamier side with her are contributing best-selling author Michael Connelly, host of the […]
In Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock, journalist and media historian Michael Ray FitzGerald brings eyewitness detail to his in-depth story of how the River City became the breeding ground for acts such as The Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He’s joined by legendary Florida radio DJ Glenn Richards, known for giving airtime […]
Described by the New York Times as “visceral and haunting,” Charlotte McConaghy's Migrations is a novel set on the brink of catastrophe, as a young woman chases the world’s last flock of Arctic terns in their final migration, their course dovetailing with her own quest for redemption. She’s speaking with Literary Hub senior editor Corinne […]
Award-winning author Mary Gordon’s Payback is a searing story of sexual assault, decades before #MeToo, and how the response to a cry for help and blaming the victim changed two lives forever. Joining her is Mary Beth Keane, author of New York Times bestseller Ask Again, Yes, a story about another type of tragedy, one […]
Natasha Trethewey's Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir is the gut-wrenching story of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the intimate story of a poet coming into her own in the wake of a tragedy. The author is joined by decorated poet, playwright, and […]
In On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey, Paul Theroux drives the entire length of the U.S.-Mexico border, goes deep into the hinterland, and travels the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, looking to uncover the layered world behind the screaming headlines. Stopping to talk with border town residents, Zapotec mill workers in the […]