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Every book Honorée Fanonne Jeffers recommended on podcasts
Honorae Fanonne Jeffers appeared as a guest on The Book Review podcast in July 2024 for an episode titled Richard Powers on Bewilderment. During her appearance, Jeffers discussed foundational texts that shaped her literary and intellectual development. She reflected on first encountering W. E. B. Du Boiss classic work The Souls of Black Folk while she was in junior high school. Jeffers argued that Du Bois actually predates T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, positioning him as the true founder of American modernism following the 1903 publication of his book. Additionally, Jeffers referenced the acclaimed writer Alice Walker, whom she returns to repeatedly. She discussed how Walker defined womanism as Black feminism within an essay featured in her groundbreaking collection In Search of Our Mothers Gardens. Through these insights, Jeffers highlighted the profound cultural and historical significance of classic African American literature and feminist theory.
Books recommended by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
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In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker is a groundbreaking collection of prose pieces in which the author explores Black feminism, creativity, and the spiritual lives of women of color.
Discussed“well one of the people who I return to over and over is the great Alice Walker who defined womanism as black feminism in an essay that is in her groundbreaking book of essays in search of our mother's Garden”
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The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk by W.
Discussed“and I guess it was I was in junior high school when I first encountered The Souls of Black Folk by web de boys”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Richard Powers on ‘Bewilderment’ | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 3 |