Today, the Great Dismal Swamp is a National Wildlife Refuge stretching between Virginia and North Carolina. But from the late 1600s to the Civil War, indigenous peoples and slaves sought refuge from persecution in the sprawling forested wetland. In her novel for young adults, titled Freewater, author Amina Luqman-Dawson imagines a world inside the swamp's colonies, filled with freedom, love, and change. In an interview with Here and Now's Celeste Headlee, Luqman-Dawson talks about her decision to stay away from writing a non-fiction book and the power of historical fiction for teens and kids.
Amanda Holmes reads Grace Cavalieri’s poem “Work Is My Secret Lover.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
Flooding death toll in Kentucky rises to 28 with dozens more unaccounted for. Wildfire rages in northern California. First grain shipment leaves Ukraine. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
Entering the second world war, Britain was still the top naval power in the world.
While the British Navy was superior in its entirety, Nazi Germany had created a ship that terrified the British. One-on-one, it could take out any ship in the British fleet.
Eventually, it was sent out into the open ocean of the North Atlantic to disrupt shipping. When the British found out, they dedicated almost all of their fleet in the North Atlantic to its destruction.
Learn more about the sinking of the Bismarck on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
We're talking about more extreme weather in the U.S. from wildfires to floods: who is most at risk today?
Also, we'll tell you what to know about President Biden's "rebound" case of Covid-19 and what happened when an uncontrolled rocket fell back to Earth.
Plus, actor Will Smith's emotional video about his now infamous Oscars slap, which kinds of cars are being targeted because of a TikTok challenge, where a historic winning lottery ticket was sold, and how many other winners might still be out there.
It's been 28 years since Apartheid ended in South Africa, but the country's people are still wrestling with the aftermath of segregationist policies. In her book, The Inheritors, journalist Eve Fairbanks shows – through the stories of three people – how decades of institutionalized racism etched themselves into the country's psyche. In an interview with Ayesha Rascoe on Weekend Edition Saturday, Fairbanks said she wanted to help people understand South Africa and its history in a more complex and nuanced way.
