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Book of the week
| On the second page of Myriam J. A. Chancy’s new novel “Village Weavers,” there’s a scene set in 1940s Haiti that will resonate with every one of us who has wondered where our family came from, how we fit in the world, who we became because elders left home, made choices and sacrificed.
In describing a lush, interior, magical world, a grandmother is immersing her granddaughter in an identity that’s deeply rooted in the island from which they come, that they are “of the land.”
Chancey has ancestral roots in Haiti and the novel unfurls in a time when the island was free of French rule, the middle class was rising and there was great promise for the island’s future.
When I interviewed her for an upcoming Big Books and Bold Ideas episode, she said she was watching the political and economic chaos in Haiti with great dismay and feared that the international community would give up.
The story also explores the character of a friendship that blooms between two girls and then fractures over class and colorism as they grow into young women.
— Kerri Miller | MPR News |
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| | Talking Volumes: Leif Enger |
Join Kerri Miller at a special on-the-road edition of Talking Volumes. She’ll be at the Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing on June 4 to talk with Minnesotan Leif Enger about his new book, “I Cheerfully Refuse.” Tickets are limited. Learn more at mprevents.org. | |
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| | Don Winslow’s final chapter as a novelist |
Don Winslow draws his Danny Ryan trilogy — and his writing career — to a close with his new novel, “City in Ruins.”
He joins host Kerri Miller one more time on Big Books and Bold Ideas to discuss the end of his series. | |
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