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The Bottom: Book Talk with Dr. Brian Foster

  • April 7, 2021

Category: Free event, Lecture, panel and Literature, spoken word, writing

Join us as we discuss Brian's newest work, I Don't Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life.

Dr. Brian Foster is a writer and storyteller from Mississippi. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and currently works as Assistant Professor of Sociology and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. His book I Don't Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life (University of North Carolina Press) tells the story of blues development and black community life in the Mississippi Delta town of Clarksdale.

Date And Time
Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
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