• The Confab -- Oct. 9, 2009

    This week: Author and comedian David Alan Grier joins Books on The Root contributor Felicia Pride to discuss his new book Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered Truth. Grier shares a laugh about the time the president made him cry, the death of  "the angry black man" and explains why some things just aren't funny. Plus, the insane days of In Living Color and why television shows are still black and white.

     

    * Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

    * Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.

     
    The Confab -- Oct. 9, 2009
  • Books on The Root -- Sept. 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.
    Books on The Root -- Sept. 18, 2009
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