Author Explores Racial Mixing In New Historical NovelPosted in Audio, History, Tri-Racial Isolates, United States on 2012-04-08 22:53Z by Steven |
Author Explores Racial Mixing In New Historical Novel
VPR News
Vermont Public Radio
2012-03-14
Neal Charnoff, Reporter; Local Host
All Things Considered
We last heard from writer Lisa Alther in 2007, when she spoke with VPR’s Neal Charnoff about her memoir, Kinfolks.
Alther has returned to fiction in a big way with her epic historical novel, Washed In The Blood.
The book is a three-part multi-generational novel that combines romance with a study of Appalachian culture and racial mixing in the south.
Lisa Alther, who shares time between Vermont and her native Tennessee has written seven books.
Listen to the interview (00:07:33) here or download it here.