Alex Haley

Jun 7, 2024 | audible.com | Patricia Thang |Rebecca Hall |Clint Smith |Alex Haley

On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 to announce the news of the Emancipation Proclamation to the residents of the state of Texas—finally freeing all remaining enslaved people, nearly two and a half years after President Lincoln’s original proclamation.

Feb 15, 2024 | lauriestone.substack.com | Alex Haley |Laurie Stone

I’ve read two novels by Constance Debré. Playboy (2018), the second novel to be published in English, is coming out from Semiotext(e) in April, and I’ll comment further then. I’ve written about Love Me Tender (2020) in my most recent column in Oldster Magazine. oldster.substack.com/p/notes-on-another-new-life-12.

Oct 3, 2023 | audiofilemagazine.com | Alex Haley

This is the thirtieth anniversary of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Presenting the life of the captured and enslaved African Kunte Kinte and his American descendants as representative ancestors for contemporary African-Americans, Haley initiated a dialogue on race in America not experienced since the writing of UNCLE TOM’S CABIN. Those audiophiles who have heard Avery Brooks speak extemporaneously are aware of his idiosyncratic speech pattern.

Sep 29, 2023 | lithub.com | Emily Temple |Bonnie Garmus |Stephen King |Alex Haley

Every month, all the major streaming services add a host of newly acquired (or just plain new) shows, movies, and documentaries into their ever-rotating libraries. So what’s a dedicated reader to watch? Well, whatever you want, of course, but the name of this website is Literary Hub, so we sort of have an angle. To that end, here’s a selection of the best (and most enjoyably bad) literary film and TV coming to streaming services this month. Have fun.

Jun 23, 2023 | republic.com.ng | Laura Ingalls Wilder |Louisa May Alcott |Alex Haley |Miranda Seymour

What books or kinds of books did you read growing up? I attended an American elementary school in Khartoum, so I grew up reading American books from its library. These books include Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. The first adult books I read were Daphne du Maurier’s novels titled Jamaica Inn and Rebecca. In my teens I started to read more seriously and widely.