Black Southern Gothic is a podcast connected to a course at University of Iowa where we explore African American writing from the US South. These episodes will introduce you to readings from Zora Neale Hurston, Jesmyn Ward, Randall Kenan, Natasha Tretheway, Tayari Jones, and Attica Locke.
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Black Southern Gothic is a podcast connected to a course at University of Iowa where we explore African American writing from the US South. These episodes will introduce you to readings from Zora Neale Hurston, Jesmyn Ward, Randall Kenan, Natasha Tretheway, Tayari Jones, and Attica Locke.
In preparation for reading Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing, we explore the history and musical legacy of one of the most notorious prisons in the United States, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, otherwise known as Parchman Farm.
Black Southern Gothic
Black Southern Gothic is a podcast connected to a course at University of Iowa where we explore African American writing from the US South. These episodes will introduce you to readings from Zora Neale Hurston, Jesmyn Ward, Randall Kenan, Natasha Tretheway, Tayari Jones, and Attica Locke.