{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5c7da11340bc8c1477ca6484/64ff70fe8d235a00115769f9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Write On, Mississippi: Season 6, Chapter 3: James McBride","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5c7da11340bc8c1477ca6484/1694458773324-f7ec33040b0f838536ea2e0edb0fce94.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Listen in as America's storyteller, James McBride, discusses his latest masterpiece, <em>The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store</em>, with guest host and one of McBride's biggest fans, Matt Sawyer.&nbsp;\t</p><p><br></p><p><strong>James McBride:</strong>&nbsp;James McBride is the author of the&nbsp;<em>New York Times</em>-bestselling Oprah's Book Club selection&nbsp;<em>Deacon King Kong</em>, the National Book Award-winning&nbsp;<em>The Good Lord Bird</em>, the American classic&nbsp;<em>The Color of Water</em>, the novels&nbsp;<em>Song Yet Sung</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Miracle at St. Anna</em>, the story collection&nbsp;<em>Five-Carat Soul</em>, and&nbsp;<em>Kill 'Em and Leave</em>, a biography of James Brown. The recipient of a National Humanities Medal and an accomplished musician, McBride is also a distinguished writer in residence at New York University.</p><p><br></p><p>Host</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Matt Sawyer:</strong>&nbsp;Matt is an educator, podcaster, writer, and hip-hop artist based in Macon County, North Carolina. He is the creator of the Story Made Project, an exploration for and of stories that make a difference in our world.</p>","author_name":"MPB Think Radio"}