Episode 013: Washington Black
Download MP3Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan.
Many many thanks to guest hosts Alexa Potashnik and Sappfyre McLeod from Black Space Winnipeg!
George Washington Black is a young field slave born on a Barbados sugar plantation. When his master’s eccentric brother chooses him as manservant, Wash is terrified of the cruelties he is certain await him. But Christopher Wilde, or “Titch,” is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor, and abolitionist. He initiates Wash into a world of technology and science, where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky; where two people, separated by circumstances of birth, might begin to see each other as human. When a bounty is placed on Wash’s head, Titch and Wash escape in a fable-like flight along the eastern coast of America, and, finally, to a remote outpost in the Arctic. There Wash, left suddenly on his own, must invent himself anew and is again adrift across the globe. (Blurb adapted from goodreads.com)
In This Episode We Mention
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
The plural of octopus???
Can You Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like?
Sappfyre: The Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Alexa: Brother by David Chariandy
Erica: Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (a previous TTR pick!) also shout out to James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Trevor: The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Nerd Word for Word Nerds
Erica: Ipsedixitism
Sappfyre: Lifeless Reinvigorate
Alexa: Blackfishing
Trevor: Hectocotylus
We’re celebrating our anniversary! We’ll be doing a live podcast on Tuesday evening, March 26th, at the Good Will Social Club. We hope to see you there.
Next month, Alan and Kirsten will be back. We’re reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, and we’re looking forward to hearing what you think about it.
As always – we want to talk about what you want to talk about. Get in touch on social media or email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions for what to read, and comments about the book for our next show.
Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Alexa Potashnik, Sappfyre McLeod, Trevor Lockhart, and Erica Ball. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner.
Creators and Guests
Host
Dennis Penner
Dennis works in the ideaMILL and while he prefers mysteries and non-fiction, he’s open to reading almost anything. He’s also the editor/producer, so he can edit the show to make himself sound smarter than he really is.
Host
Trevor Lockhart
Trevor is the Branch Head of the Louis Riel library. He tends to be a slow reader but a fast talker, so it all evens out.
