Camille Dungy reading, Live from Prairie Lights, April 16, 2010

Dungy, Camille T., 1972-

Weissmiller, Jan

Prairie Lights (Iowa City, Iowa)
Writing University

2010-04-16

Prairie Lights Bookstore

Iowa City native Camille Dungy reads from her new book, "Suck on the Marrow" which is an historical narrative focusing on six main characters in mid-19th century Virginia and Philadelphia. The book traces the experiences of fugitive slaves, kidnapped Northern-born blacks, and free people of color, exploring the interdependence between plantation life and life in Northern and Southern American towns. Dungy (http://www.camilledungy.com) is the author of "What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison," a finalist for the PEN Center USA 2007 Literary Award and the Library of Virginia 2007 Literary Award. She is a faculty member in the creative writing department at San Francisco State University. Editor of "Black Nature: A Poetry Anthology," she is also co-editor of "From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great." Her poems have been published widely in anthologies and print and online journals.

Live From Prairie Lights was a live public radio program broadcast from Prairie Lights, an independent bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa. The program showcased new and established writers from around the world.

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