Lisa and Maria joined me to talk with Michelle Shocklee about how unemployed writers during the Great Depression were put to work writing the narratives of former slaves through the Federal Writers Project. We loved Michelle and how she weaved that history into her beautiful novel, “Under the Tulip Tree.”
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Information on the Federal Writers Project:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/
FWP slave narratives can be found here:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/
“Under the Tulip Tree” and other novels by Michelle are available wherever books are sold.
Michelle mentioned:
The Chosen tv series
The Wonder of Advent devotional by Chris Tiegreen
Theme music:
Heartwarming by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3864-heartwarming
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Midroll music:
Ready to Go
Written by Lincoln Davis
Performed and produced by Allex