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TRANSCENDENT AND RUBY DEE TALK ABOUT THE INFLUENCE IT HAD ON THE LITERARY WORLD. THIS 90 MINUTE EVENT WAS HELD LAST MONTH IN THE NEXT CITY. -- IN NEW...
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| 00:00:34 |
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OF THE GREEN SPACE AND WE HAVE BEEN ON AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OVER THE LAST MONTH. THE GREEN SPACES HONORED THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S...
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| 00:04:34 |
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OLD THEN ZORA DIED, LUCIEN THURSTON HAS OVER HER LIFETIME COMPILED A DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF HER AND FLY IF IT WERE WITHIN A STORY IN. LUCIANNE HURSTON'S...
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| 00:05:43 |
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COLLECTIONS OF SHORT TORIES, FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND VOLUMES OF ESSAYS AND POETRY. SHE IS BEST KNOWN FOR "THE COLOR PURPLE," FOR WHICH HE WON THE...
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| 00:09:32 |
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HOW THE WORK ON HER CHAIR IN ENGLISH. SHE WAS ALSO AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE BLACK STUDIES MOVEMENT AND TOUT THE FIRST COURSE IN THE COUNTRY ON BLACK...
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| 00:13:06 |
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THE INTRODUCTION. SHIPS AT A DISTANCE HAVE EVERY MAN'S WISH ON BOARD FOR SUNDAY, AND END FOR A THURSDAY SO FOREVER ON THE HORIZON, NEVER OUT OF SIGHT,...
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| 00:15:33 |
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NOVEL IN SEVEN WEEKS LUNCH AT THE COLLEGE GOAL FIELDWORK IN HAITI. I FOUND ZORA AND THE OBJECT OF MY HOUSE HAVE 50 ST. PAUL STREET IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK....
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| 00:19:17 |
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THE CHARACTERS IN PARTICULAR, IT JAYMIE HALAS, I'LL START WITH YOU. HE SAID THERE'S NO BOOK MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN THIS ON FOR APPEARING TO THEIR...
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| 00:20:08 |
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BANALITY ANTHROPOLOGISTS I CAME ACROSS WERE HIDEOUSLY RACIST AND PAINFULLY RACIST. AND I FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT ALL OF IRAQ HAS TO BE UNDERPINNED BY...
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| 00:23:56 |
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AUDIO RECORDING FOR "THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD" THAT THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. AND PLAYED THE PART OF MANY WHO ALSO PRESENTS "THEIR EYES...
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| 00:24:23 |
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GRAVE BECAUSE WHAT A GIFT TO SL. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I'VE MET ZORA. I SAID NORAD BECAUSE I HAVE A DAUGHTER NAMED NORA. I WANTED TO NAME MY DAUGHTER...
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| 00:26:59 |
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PROFESSORS AND SUCH A CONNECTION SHE HAS HAD SO MANY PEOPLE NEXT TO ALICE'S DISCOVERY. FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN LITERATURE NO ZORA AND SHE IS A SEMINOLE....
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| 00:27:44 |
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WERE WATCHING GOD" ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR THE LAST FEW DECADES, BEGINNING IN THE 1960s AND 70s WITH THE EMERGENCE OF THE BLACK STUDIES PROGRAM. WHERE...
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| 00:28:10 |
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FOR ANOTHER BLACK WOMAN WRITER THAT WE ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND THEY MUST ALWAYS DO WITH THEIR WOMEN WRITERS ON THIS EARTH. THAT IS IF THEY HAVE BEEN...
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| 00:38:34 |
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PASSAGE FROM THAT BOOK AND TAKE US THROUGH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT PASSAGE? >> THAT MEANT THAT I REALLY WANTED TO READ THE WHOLE BOOK CEO. [LAUGHTER]...
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| 00:38:51 |
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LOOK, THIS IS A BOOK I TITLED THIS SERIES, SO IT'S ALL FALLING APART, BUT SINCE SHE HAD STARTED THAT, I SAID. I SHOULD CONTINUE IT BECAUSE I WASN'T...
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| 00:41:42 |
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A FEMINIST NOVEL. ARE THERE OTHER INTERPRETATIONS? HURSTON WROTE THEIR EYES IN 1936 IN ONLY SIX WEEKS AFTER DOING ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN HAITI....
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| 00:42:52 |
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UNDER DISTORTED SELF CONCEPTIONS. AND WE CAN'T REALLY SEE OURSELVES. SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, WAYS TO BE AND THIS INCREDIBLE...
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| 00:46:32 |
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WOMAN. [APPLAUSE] IT WAS WRITTEN TO REPRESENT A TRADITION OF STORYTELLING, OF TELLING HISTORY, WHEREAS I'M SURE THEY WOULD REFER TO IT AS HER STIRRING....
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| 00:47:34 |
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TO BEGINNING. SHE DEFIANCE, AND A SAND, REASONS THAT WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED WHY WE HAVE TO COME TO THIS KIND CHARI. WE HAVE A JOB TO DO AND WE ARE ...
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| 00:50:59 |
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LITERARY CANON? >> A QUESTION I WOULD'VE GIVEN TO ME STUDENT. [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW,
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| 00:51:09 |
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WHEN I FIRST STARTED TO TEACH THIS BOOK, YOU KNOW, THEY TEACH YOU THAT YOU DO THESE THINGS SEMANTICALLY, BUT SHE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE IF HE HAS IT IS MORE...
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| 00:56:55 |
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MILLION COPIES AND HAS BECOME THE MOST WIDELY READ AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED NOVEL IN THE CANON OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE. CHENEY HAS BEEN CALLED A....
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| 00:57:46 |
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WITHOUT FREEDOM, IT IS NOT THE BEST. AND SO, I THINK THAT WE CONNECT WITH THIS STORY BECAUSE THAT THE END, WE FIND THE WOMAN ALONE AND HAPPY TO BE BY...
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| 01:03:00 |
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THE AUDIENCE, BUT BEFORE WE DO, WOULD YOU SHARED WITH US ON OF YOUR FAVORITE PASSAGES IN THE NOVEL AND TELL US WHY THIS PASSAGE RESONATES WITH FEW...
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| 01:03:23 |
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TO KILL, AND I LOVE, HE IS SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US BECAUSE WE ARE ALL -- MAYBE NOT ALWAYS BUT SO MANY OF US ARE PROGRAMMED TO GO FOR THE GUY IN THE...
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| 01:04:10 |
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THIS NIGHT BRINGS $100,000 IN GEAR WITH EVERY WE HAVEN'T ADVANCED IN YEARS, SO IT AWAY WITH THAT. WE WANT TO HAVE SOME FUN. MY FEELING ABOUT THIS PLANET,...
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| 01:12:14 |
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OF THE STAGE A MICROPHONE AND YOU CAN APPROACH. >> GREETINGS EVERYONE, GOOD EVENING. I JUST HAD A BRIEF QUESTION. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME SO
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| 01:12:28 |
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MUCH INSPIRATION THROUGHOUT MY 26 YEARS, AND THE STORIES YOU TOLD, THE ESSENCE THAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED HELP ME TO BE THE WOMAN THAT I AM NOW. I WOULD...
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| 01:13:16 |
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AWARE. SO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS, WHETHER IT BE AN ISSUE IN SAN, WHAT WOULD IT BE AN ISSUE IN SANFORD FLORIDA REQUIRES A RESPONSE AND THE MANCHESTER...
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| 01:17:05 |
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AND ONE THING TO DEAL WITH EVERYTHING SO IT'S NOT A BLACK THING SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE DILEMMA OF BLACK AND WHITE BECAUSE THAT LEAVES...
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| 01:22:30 |
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OKAY. ALANA IN AWE OF ALL OF YOU. I HAVE THE I NEED IT. I WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. I WROTE A BOOK, NOT THAT I'M PUSHING IT. AND PEOPLE KEPT...
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| 01:23:56 |
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ME PERMISSION. HE SAID TO KEEP GOING. AND I WAS LOOKING FOR PERMISSION AND OTHER PEOPLE BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT EVENTS IN YOUR LIFE GOT YOU TO...
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| 01:24:34 |
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TO THAT IN THE SOUTH, YOU KNOW, THE WHITE WOMEN WERE THE LADIES AND OTHER BLACK WOMEN WERE WOMEN AND I PREFER TO BE A WOMAN. I PREFER TO BE A WOMAN,...
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| 01:25:42 |
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YOU HOW TO BE HEAVY OR HOW TO BE GOOD BECAUSE THAT'S POWER. DO NOT GIVE AWAY THAT POWER TO ANYONE ELSE. I WAS A YOUNG GIRL WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT. I...
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| 01:26:49 |
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MOVEMENT TOWARDS PEACE. AT THE END SHE HAD DISCOVERED PIECE. THE BOOK YOU ARE CARRYING WITH YOU ARE THE BOOKS THAT WE RESPONDED TO BE AND WE HAVE BEEN...
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| 01:31:51 |
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TITLE A LOT FROM THE ALLIES ARE ON TO GOD BECAUSE YOU TEND TO GRAVITATE TO THAT ON WHICH YOU FOCUS, AND IF YOUR EYES ARE ON GOD, WHY ISN'T FOCUS RETURNED?...
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| 01:33:57 |
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75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NOVEL THEIR EYES ARE WATCHING GOD. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ALICE WALKER, SONIA SANCHEZ, RUBY DEE, AND I AM LUCY ANN HURSTON.
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.