Ilyon Woo on MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE

“I think the question has to do with American memory and what, as a nation, we are prioritizing in that memory…”

Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo blends history and biography with the story of Ellen and William Craft, two remarkable people who escaped slavery, and through danger and constant challenges would become abolitionists and heroes in American history. Woo joins us to talk about her research process, the importance of preserving our past, the ever-changing notion of history and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.  

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                   

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Featured Books (Episode): 

Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo  

The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk 

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 

Middlemarch by George Eliot