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Notes Of A Native Son by James Baldwin
Thursday, February 13 through Friday, February 28, 2025
Read by Melvin Hinton
Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when James Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most captivating essayists and foremost intellectuals of that era.
THEME: “Ticklin’ Toes” and “Dances In the Cane Breaks” by Florence Price, performed by Kirsten Johnson
(Beacon Press; ISBN-10: 9780807006238 / ISBN-13: 978-0807006238)
LISTENER ADVISORY: THIS BOOK CONTAINS LANGUAGE THAT LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE OR TRIGGERING.
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Notes Of A Native Son 2 of 12 – Many Thousands Gone, Pt. 1
This first part of Baldwin’s essay focuses on the difficulties that many African Americans have in telling their stories. This difficulty is not due to a lack of ability, but […]
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Notes Of A Native Son 1 of 12 – Everybody’s Protest Novel
Baldwin ventures into literary criticism of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and the protest novel in general. He also casts a critical eye on Richard Wright’s “Native Son.”
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Third Person Rural 10 of 10 – Man Of A Thousand Odors / How To Farm Badly (And Why You Should)
Do women really want men to smell like the perfume ads say they do? Perrin thinks not. He also argues that new farmers should avoid the advice of agriculture agents.
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Third Person Rural 9 of 10 – Farm Flowers / Low Technology In The Sugarbush
Although many wild flowers are protected from harvesting, Perrin argues that these are the least fragile of all of the plants. He also discusses how maple syrup production has withstood […]
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Third Person Rural 8 of 10 – The Gourmet Potato Game
Perrin seeks out and grows uncommon potato varieties. Later, he begins conducting local taste tests to determine which variety tastes the best.
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A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
monday, march 3 through friday, march 7, 2025
Read by Jim fleming
In Celebration Of Aldo Leopold Day on March 1st! Many credit ASCA with launching a revolution in land management. Written as a series of sketches based principally upon the flora and fauna in a rural part of Wisconsin, the book gathers informal pieces written by Leopold over a forty-year period as he traveled through the woodlands of Wisconsin.
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