Podcast #247 – Ethelene Whitmire
About this episode
Ethelene Whitmire discusses her new book and her research in African American studies.
This author’s The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love was published by Viking/Penguin Random House this month. Whitmire is a respected historian and African American Studies professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research has won awards and funding from the Ford Foundation, the Fulbright Programs, and the American Library Association, and she has been invited to residences at Yaddo, Ucross, Hedgebrook, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Fellow biographer and BIO member Eric K. Washington interviewed Ethelene Whitmire.
People in this episode
Host: Eric K. Washington
Guest: Ethelene Whitmire
Topics covered
- biography
- history
- African American studies
- World War II
- literature
Keywords
- Ethelene Whitmire
- biography
- World War II
- African American studies
- literature
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Viking/Penguin Random House, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ford Foundation, Fulbright Programs, American Library Association, Yaddo, Ucross, Hedgebrook, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Books & works: The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love
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