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Episode 278: BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Lisa B. Thompson, author of Underground, Monroe, and the Mamalogues: Three Plays
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Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Lisa B. Thompson, author of Underground, Monroe, and the Mamalogues: Three Plays. She was interviewed in August of 2020. In these plays, the black feminist playwright and scholar thoughtfully explores themes such as the black family, motherhood, migration, racial violence, and trauma and its effect on black people from the early twentieth century to the present. The works showcase Thompson’s subversive humor and engagement with black history and culture through the lens of the black middle class. In addition to being an award-winning playwright, Dr. Thompson is a professor of African and African diaspora studies at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of Beyond the Black Lady: Sexuality and the New African American Middle Class. Learn more about Lisa B. Thompson at Home | Lisa B. Thompson (lisabthompson.com).
Diverse Voices Book Review Social Media:
Facebook - @diversevoicesbookreview
Instagram - @diverse_voices_book_review
Twitter - @diversebookshay
Email: [email protected]
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Manage episode 403917042 series 1195362
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Lisa B. Thompson, author of Underground, Monroe, and the Mamalogues: Three Plays. She was interviewed in August of 2020. In these plays, the black feminist playwright and scholar thoughtfully explores themes such as the black family, motherhood, migration, racial violence, and trauma and its effect on black people from the early twentieth century to the present. The works showcase Thompson’s subversive humor and engagement with black history and culture through the lens of the black middle class. In addition to being an award-winning playwright, Dr. Thompson is a professor of African and African diaspora studies at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of Beyond the Black Lady: Sexuality and the New African American Middle Class. Learn more about Lisa B. Thompson at Home | Lisa B. Thompson (lisabthompson.com).
Diverse Voices Book Review Social Media:
Facebook - @diversevoicesbookreview
Instagram - @diverse_voices_book_review
Twitter - @diversebookshay
Email: [email protected]
102 Episoden
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