Archive for August, 2004

Blood Done Sign My Name

Sunday, August 1st, 2004

Original Air Date: May 24, 2004
Blood Done Sign My Name: Host Melinda Penkava talks with Timothy Tyson, the author of “Blood Done Sign My Name” (Crown/2004). Tyson, a professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, grew up in the small North Carolina town of Oxford. In 1970, when Tyson was ten years old, an African-American man named Henry Marrow was killed outside a store in broad daylight by a white man. The incident enflamed racial tensions and touched off rioting in the town. Tyson remembers the event in his book, which is part historical account and part memoir. (54:00)

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Pat Conroy

Sunday, August 1st, 2004

Original Air Date: October 6, 2003
Host Melinda Penkava talks with writer Pat Conroy about his book, “My Losing Season” (Talese/Doubleday, 2002/Paperback). Conroy is in North Carolina to accept the Thomas Wolfe Prize. Conroy has long held an affinity for Wolfe, whose book, “Look Homeward Angel” Conroy read when he was a teenager. Conroy’s other books include, “The Great Santini” and “The Prince of Tides.” (59:00)

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