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Every book Saidiya Hartman recommended on podcasts
Books recommended by Saidiya Hartman
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Black Boy
Black Boy by Richard Wright is a powerful autobiographical memoir detailing the author's harrowing upbringing in the Jim Crow South and his eventual escape to Chicago, marked by systemic racism, poverty, and intellectual awakening.
Discussed“criticism of people like WB Deo who said black boy he said in it was a lie”
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Invisible Man
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison is a powerful, enduring classic of American literature that examines the complex and often alienating experiences of a young Black man coming of age in the 1950s.
Discussed“and for those of us who know him mostly through Invisible Man where there's this you know satire of the Communist Party he was very much an americanist a patriot”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Ellison’s Life in Letters | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 2 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing Song of Solomon
“certainly in the 80s when Song of Solomon and beloved were published”
Passing Beloved
“certainly in the 80s when Song of Solomon and beloved were published”