'Barracoon' Tells The Story Of The Last Slave In First Person
With the publication of Zora Neale Hurston's "Barracoon," the subject and the storyteller are equally fascinating.
Books
'Undead Girl Gang': Mister, They ARE The Weirdos
In Lily Anderson's debut novel, a string of suspicious deaths prompts teen witch Mila to try to solve the mystery by raising the dead girls to ask who killed them — but of course, it's not that easy.
My First Existential Crisis: The Sweet Story Of An Angsty 'Square'
Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett are writing a children's book trilogy about shapes who are just like us. The second installment follows a straight-laced square who wonders if he's really a genius.
'Barracoon' Offers A Vivid, First-Hand Account Of Slavery In America
In 1927, author Zora Neale Huston interviewed Cudjo Lewis, the last known living person who could recount the experience of being taken captive in Africa and transported on a slave ship to America.
Duplass Brothers On Working Together And Growing Apart: 'We Are Ex-Soulmates'
Filmmaker siblings Jay and Mark Duplass have been making movies together since they were kids. More recently, Mark says, "We had to dig out space from that beautiful co-dependence."
'Barracoon' Brings A Lost Slave Story To Light
Both terrifying and wonderful, Barracoon is Zora Neale Hurston's long-unpublished account of her conversations with Cudjo Lewis, who was brought to America on the last trans-Atlantic slave ship.
In Zora Neale Hurston's 'Barracoon,' Language Is The Key To Understanding
The book is based on conversations Hurston had with Cudjo Lewis, who was brought to this country on the last trans-Atlantic slave ship. It's a unique document of Lewis' life before and after slavery.
'Warlight' Illumines Family Secrets In Ondaatje's Latest
Set during and after World War II, Warlight follows a young man trying to find out what really happened when his parents disappeared and left him and a young sister in the care of two mystery men.
Sharply Written 'Mars Room' Ventures Behind The Bars Of Women's Prison
Rachel Kushner's new novel centers on a young mother serving two consecutive life sentences for murdering a man who'd been stalking her. Critic John Powers calls The Mars Room "searingly intelligent."
How 'Peasant Food' Helped Chef Lidia Bastianich Achieve Her 'American Dream'
Bastianich grew up eating farm-to-table meals with her Italian family. After they fled Europe as refugees and emigrated to America, she drew on those childhood meals in opening her first restaurant.