Remarkable Receptions

Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad - episode by Howard Rambsy II and Elizabeth Cali

The extraordinary reception to a novel about an escape from slavery. Episode written by Howard Rambsy II and Elizabeth Cali   

Remarkable Receptions -- description

Remarkable Receptions is a podcast where scholars provide intriguing, unusual, illuminating, surprising, controversial, popular, and little-known responses to African American novels.    

Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing -- episode by Ebony Lumumba

Understanding the reception to Ward’s novel  Episode written by Ebony Lumumba. Ebony Lumumba, Ph.D. is an associate professor and chair of English at Jackson State University.  She writes, teaches, and thinks most about Black women's resistance and Global South literature.

Toni Morrison's Beloved -- episode by Courtney Thorsson

The story of how Black writers and intellectuals made sure that Toni Morrison's novel would be acknowledged for decades. Episode written by Courtney ThorssonThe script was read by Kassandra Timm.

Richard Wright's infamous review -- episode by Howard Rambsy II

In October 1937, an aspiring, 29-year-old author wrote a negative assessment of a recently published novel. Here's the story of what happened next.Episode written by Howard Rambsy IIThe script was read by Kassandra Timm.