[Interview of Chesya Burke, author and doctoral candidate in the Department of English at the University of Florida].

Chesya Burke, doctoral candidate in the Department of English at the University of Florida, describes #BlackGirlMagic and the ways Zora Neale Hurston embodies the phrase. As a writer in the Afrofuturist and horror genres, Burke discusses what it means to be at the 2020 Zora Neale Hurston Festival wi...

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Other Authors: Burke, Chesya (Interviewee), Pennamon, Tiffany (Interviewer)
Language:English
Series:Voices of the Black Imaginary.
Subjects:
Burke, Chesya > Interviews.
Authors, American > 21st century > Interviews.
Hurston, Zora Neale > Themes, motives.
Burke, Chesya. > Let's play white.
Festivals > Florida > Eatonville.
Hurston, Zora Neale > Congresses.
Afrofuturism > Congresses.
Mediocrity.
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
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Interviews.
Congresses.
Sound recordings.
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Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (39 min., 15 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Chesya Burke, doctoral candidate in the Department of English at the University of Florida, describes #BlackGirlMagic and the ways Zora Neale Hurston embodies the phrase. As a writer in the Afrofuturist and horror genres, Burke discusses what it means to be at the 2020 Zora Neale Hurston Festival with other Black speculative writers. In addition, she talks about her work, Let's play white, and her "unwillingness to accept mediocrity." Burke is interviewed by Tiffany Pennamon, English doctoral student at the University of Florida.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Part of Voices of the Black Imaginary collection.
Call Number:Voice 45471
Playing Time:00:39:15
Event Details:
Recorded 2020 January 31