Writer James McBride Interview

[Voyageur]

Thought to post this radio interview (51 min), just listened to today, about a writer I had not been aware of, and with his other books, released a book titled 'Good Lord Bird'. McBride's seems to have compiled a great deal of research and writes about John Brown's 1859 revolt against slavery at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. I profess not to know a great deal about this man and event, yet the author explains things in an apparent well researched and written way. People in the U.S. may have a different understanding, yet he says a great deal of interesting things in the interview, with context, both personal and historical.

_http://www.cbc.ca/writersandcompany/episode/2014/01/12/james-mcbride-interview/

Sunday, January 12, 2014

James McBride was the surprise winner of the 2013 National Book Award, for his novel The Good Lord Bird. It's a comic treatment of controversial abolitionist John Brown, who led a violent crusade against slavery.

Music to close the James McBride interview:
CD: THE PROCESS, VOL. 1
PERFORMER: James McBride (tenor sax)
COMPOSER: James McBride
CUT 8: "Goodbye to All That"
CUDDY SOUND NULL

Note: his book can be found here _ttp://www.amazon.com/The-Good-Lord-Bird-Novel/dp/1594486344