Food in African American Literature Part 2
Fred at Boston Public Library book event
Part 2 of 3 in the series Food in African American Literature. In part 2 Fred discuss historical staples in southern cuisine and regional recipe and ingredients, provides an overview of the books in the series, and and shares his theory about why some authors have written so much about food in their work. The series is a contribution to the study of literature, foodways, and African-American history. Fred discusses following books Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup…; Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Esteban Montejo, James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man; Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man; Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God; James Baldwin’s Notes of a Native Son and No Name in the Street; Malcolm X's Autobiography; Toni Morrison’s Novel Beloved; Ntozake Shange, Sassafras, Cypress, and Indigo.
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