{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"#5: A New Story for Black Americans","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61004fe4a4d9fae972ef6d30/61005033d9f77c0012135988.png?height=200","description":"Charles Johnson questions the stories we tell ourselves about black America, eight years after President Obama’s election; Barry Goldstein gives us the inside story on covering the 2016 Republican and Democratic national conventions; and David Lehman explains what crowdsourcing and poetry have in common.\n\n
\n\nMentioned in this episode:\n\n• Charles Johnson’s original 2008 essay, “The End of the Black American Narrative”\n• David Lehman’s “Next Line, Please” blog\n• Barry Goldstein’s portraits from the conventions\n\n
\n\nTune in every two weeks to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.\n\nSubscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • Acast\n\nHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org.","author_name":"The American Scholar"}