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Podcast: Kurt Vonnegut Radio with Gabe Hudson
Episode: 2. Tressie McMillan Cottom
Description: Tressie McMillan Cottom is the author of Thick and Other Essays, a columnist for the New York Times, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a 2020 McArthur Fellow. Tressie talks to Gabe about the kind of freedom she wants for all Black women. And how her mother was a member of the Black Panther Party. We learn about Tressie's 18 stages of essay writing. And why are white audiences more comfortable thinking about Black people in a historical context?Visit Tressie McMillan Cottom's website and follow her on Twitter and In...