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Connor Towne O'Neill on the Ugly Legacy of White Supremacy

Keen On

English - September 24, 2021 00:53 - 39 minutes - ★★★★ - 72 ratings
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In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Connor Towne O'Neill, the author of “Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy”, to discuss our vital need to confront our past in order to transcend it and move toward a more just society.
Connor Towne O'Neill is a producer on the NPR podcast White Lies, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting. His writing has appeared in New York Magazine, Vulture, Slate, Village Voice, and RBMA. A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Alabama, O'Neill teaches at Auburn University and with the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project.
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In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Connor Towne O'Neill, the author of “Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy”, to discuss our vital need to confront our past in order to transcend it and move toward a more just society.

Connor Towne O'Neill is a producer on the NPR podcast White Lies, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting. His writing has appeared in New York Magazine, Vulture, Slate, Village Voice, and RBMA. A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Alabama, O'Neill teaches at Auburn University and with the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project.

Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/

Email Andrew: [email protected]

Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen

Watch the show live on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankeen/

Watch the show live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lithub

Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteraryHub/videos

Subscribe to Andrew’s newsletter: https://andrew2ec.substack.com/

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