Library Matters

Summary: Collection Management Library Associate Dianne Betsey and Silver Spring Librarian Christian Wilson talk about the history, development, and current state of African American literature.  Recording Date: January 9, 2019 Guests: Dianne Betsey, a Library Associate in our Collection Management Department and leader of the Rockville Memorial Library African American book discussion group. Christian Wilson, Children's Librarian at Silver Spring Library. Hosts: Lauren Martino What Our Guests Are Reading:  Dianne Betsey: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Christian Wilson: Animal Farm by George Orwell Books and Other Media Mentioned During the Episode: All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren Cane River by Lalita Tademy By Gaslight by Steven Price Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley Darktown by Thomas Mullen Douglass' Women by Jewell Parker Rhodes Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin The Good Lord Bird by James McBride The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot