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Podcast: Kurt Vonnegut Radio with Gabe Hudson
Episode: 19. Tressie McMillan Cottom (Rerun)
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 in Winston Salem, NC. 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 an...