My Dog Ate My Book Report is a podcast where two weirdo thirty-somethings take turns introducing each other to a formative book from childhood the other has never read to see if the magic has held up!
This episode we read: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
From 43:42 to 45:17 a passage from a short story is read aloud which contains use of the N Word once and a scene of racist gun violence. Please skip past this if it will be troubling to hear.
Book and Discussion Content Warnings:
Anti Black racism in the Jim Crow south
Lynching
Fires
Racially motivated violence (including but not limited to Tar and Feathering, Burning, and more)
Links to things we mentioned:
The rest of the Logan Family Series: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/t/mildred-d-taylor/logan-family-saga/
Nuance can be found at:
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/booksomewench
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/booksomewench.bsky.social
The site formerly known as Twitter as ShadowRavyn
What we are reading next!
Brandon has selected the book for next week: “Starship Troopers”
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Credits:
My Dog ate My Book Report is produced and edited by the hosts, Wren and Brandon.
The music used in this podcast was licensed by Epidemic Sound. Transcripts were generated by Otter.ai. Our icon image was illustrated by Cindy Lau.
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