Tressie McMillan Cottom on freedom she wants for Black women
Tressie McMillan Cottom is the author of Thick and Other Essays, a columnist for the New York Times, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a 2020 McArthur Fellow. Tressie talks to Gabe about the kind of freedom she wants for all Black women. And how her mother was a member of the Black Panther Party in Winston Salem, NC. We learn about Tressie's 18 stages of essay writing. Tressie also talks about how before smart phones with video recorders came along oral storytelling was the principal record of Black experience. And why are white audiences more comfortable thinking about Black people in a historical context?
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Visit Tressie McMillan Cottom's website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram
Read Tressie's column in New York Times
Buy Tressie's nonfiction book Thick and Other Essays
Watch Tressie on The Daily Show
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Email Gabe Hudson: gabehudsonsays@gmail.com
