Thursday evening I was interviewed on Blog Talk Radio, for Pam Perry’s The Chocolate Pages Show. You can listen to the podcast here. The show’s a hour long, and I’m not the only guest, so my part doesn’t start until around 28:00, if you care to fast forward. I’m on for about half an hour…. Read more »
The Rock and the River
Summer Blog Blast Tour, Featuring ME!
Exciting, exciting things today! First of all, pop over to Elizabeth Bird’s blog, A Fuse #8 Production, where you will find an interview with me that is part of the Summer Blog Blast Tour 2009. I talk about The Rock and the River, my inspirations for writing it, people’s reactions to it, and lots of… Read more »
Studio 4 (aka Video of ME!)
So…a few weeks ago, I went into my publisher’s headquarters (Simon & Schuster) and did a short video interview for the S&S website. I sat in a little room with a videocamera in my face and a microphone clipped on me while they asked me questions about The Rock and the River and me as… Read more »
Richie’s Picks Review!
I’m pleased to report that The Rock and the River was reviewed on Richie’s Picks today! Richie says of the book… “In the course of Sam Childs’ coming of age story, amidst the American history I thought I knew so well, author Kekla Magoon has radically altered my understanding of the Black Panther Party. In… Read more »
Author Visit: Pontiac Library
This week I’m in my hometown, Fort Wayne Indiana, for some library visits and book signings. The first was at Pontiac Library, where I got to speak to kids in the after school program there. It was my first visit to this particular library branch, which had recently been remodeled. A very nice facility, that… Read more »