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The Porchlight: Episode 21 with Linda Williams Jackson
Courage to Create
English - March 21, 2018 01:40 - 1 hour - 98.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsBooks Arts creativity yalit childrensbook fiction kidlt writing writingbarn Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The Porchlight: Episode 20 with Julie Hedlund
Next Episode: The Porchlight: Episode 22 with Lina Maslo
This episode features Linda Williams Jackson, the debut author of Midnight Without a Moon and its recently released sequel, A Sky Full of Stars. Our Porchlight conversation with Linda explores her writing journey to share the story of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy who was killed, allegedly for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. Linda talks about how changing the opening line of her query letter took her from a string of rejections to multiple offers from agents and editors. Linda and Bethany also have an honest and powerful conversation about the current state of race relations in America.