Instead, a greeting in the Times-Picyune, a review by the paper's book editor, Susan Larson.
There will be a follow-up interview run later in the week, by NO's leading African American writer.
It's almost impossible to describe the mingled pleasure and relief this review provided.
It's interesting to see both New Orleans's white reviewers (Berry and Larsen) dismiss the idea that the slaves and free POC's had their own network for transmitting news and information, and did so.
As well there's a live interview on WWOZ in an hour.
http://www.wwoz.org/listen.php
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why is the idea that slaves could communicate from place to place so difficult to believe?
anyway, the book sounds great. where do you recommend buying it? Is it best to buy directly from the publisher? i don't really want to give amazon any more of my money unless i have to.
Supposedly Borders ordered a 1000 copies of the book last week.
Otherwise, it's online baby, unless you buy it directly from Vaquero at a reading or something.
The chains haven't liked our books much. Refused to carry the Cuba book at all, until it went into trade edition -- that after two hardcover printings. For one thing the publisher doesn't bribe, er pay, stocking fees, to have the book in the store. So Borders ordering it, w/o the payola is kind of a triumph -- though that also leaves everything wide open for returns.
Especially since the chains make their money out of selling coffee to people who are reading the stock, and then they can return the stock to the publishers and never pay anybody for anything.
Love, C.
P.S. I'm truly un-crazy about amazon myself, and don't buy from them. Nothing has ever gone right in my experience with them.
Love, C.
Thanks. I get all my books online. I try and stay away from the big box book stores. We don't have much for independent book stores here i believe, my brother knows more I'll ask him.
There may then be some other venue online that you can get the book. I think you'll find it interesting, if you do, and worth reading.
The publisher just said it's going back to print another 3000 copies.
Eeeeeek.
Love, C.
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