• November 4, 2009

    From books that should've been in Oprah's book club to bedtime stories for kids to The Root's rewrite of the Western canon, speed-read through our well-read books package.

  • September 18, 2009

    This week: Author Elizabeth Nunez joins Books on The Root contributor Felicia Pride to talk about her seventh novel, Anna In-Between. Nunez discusses common roots, the Caribbean literary canon and why "the immigrant survives by forgetting."

     

    * Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

    * Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.

  • August 28, 2009

    Meet TEWW blogger Felicia Pride.

  • August 7, 2009

    This week: Author Victor LaValle joins Books on The Root contributor, Felicia Pride to talk about his latest novel Big Machine. LaValle explores the weird spaces his work has taken him, addresses his fascination with mental illness and explains why writers must first embrace being a reader.

     

    * Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

    * Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.

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