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Original air date: Sunday, March 19, 2023
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Dr. Brenda Greene and Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes, the author of seven novels and six books for youth, discuss her journey into writing the speculative fiction novel Voodoo Dreams and subsequent books that reflect her search for her ancestors and her chronicling of traditions and spirituality in African culture. Rhodes classifies her work as historical fiction that presents
readers with “a different kind of novel.” Greene and Rhodes also discuss the ways in which many novels and stories in the Black literary canon can be classified as speculative fiction. Rhodes’ other works include Magic City, Douglass’ Women, Season, Moon, and Hurricane, as
well as the memoir Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness, and two writing guides: Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Non-Fiction. She has won the American Book Award, the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence, and the Jane Addams
Peace Association Book Award.