Ta-Nehisi Coates – Time to Read

December 4, 2020 0 comments

Episode 035: The Water Dancer

Thanks for joining us. This month we are discussing The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her — but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same…

November 20, 2020 0 comments

November Discussion: The Water Dancer

Join us this month for a discussion about The Water Dancer by by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Previously writing award-winning non-fiction books and for Marvel comics, this is actually Coates’ debut novel, and one that straddles the genres of historical and science fiction. A review on NPR describes the book as “a surrealist story set in the pre–Civil War South,…