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Original air date: Sunday, December 11, 2022
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About the Episode: :Dr. Brenda M. Greene interviews Wesley Brown, author of Blue in Green (Blank Forms, 2022). Greene and Brown discuss his motivation for writing this novella, which captures an evening with Miles Davis after he has been assaulted by the police. Miles reflects on musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Clarke Terry, and Eartha Kitt among others. Brown skillfully captures the rhythm and cadence of their speech. The reader also gets the perspective of Miles relationship with Frances Taylor Davis, his first wife. Wesley Brown is the author of three published novels, four produced plays, and the short story collection Dance of the Infidels (Concord ePress, 2017). He is professor emeritus of English at Rutgers University. Brown wrote the narration for a segment of the 1997 PBS documentary W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices.
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Dr. Brenda M. Greene is the host of the weekly "Writers On Writing" radio program. She is also a professor of English, as well as the founder and executive director of the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY. The radio program offers a forum for emerging and established writers to discuss their craft (Black literature specifically) and literary topics in general.
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