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'Kin: Rooted in Hope' tells a family's history shaped by enslavement and freedom on the Eastern Shore

By Sheilah Kast,
Melissa Gerr
Published September 22, 2023 at 10:54 AM EDT
"Kin: Rooted in Hope" book cover image: Simon and Schuster
"Kin: Rooted in Hope" book cover image: Simon and Schuster

Carole Boston Weatherford, and her son, Jeffrey, team up to create an illustrated novel in verse. "Kin: Rooted in Hope," goes deep into a family’s history from slavery into liberty. The poems conjure many voices from as many perspectives--a powerful portrait shaped by enslavement and freedom.

Links: Ivy Bookshop event Sat. Sept. 23.

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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