by Tom DeWolf | Sep 21, 2009 | Appearances by Tom, Books, Reviews, Inheriting the Trade
Our Virtual Book Tour enters a new phase today with the beginning of an ongoing, 2-week long, interactive chat at LibraryThing. I’m open to discuss whatever your little heart desires: Inheriting the Trade, Traces of the Trade, the legacy of slavery, healing from...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 27, 2009 | Books, Reviews
I recently discovered BookBlips, a site “for people passionate about books, and the news and events that emerge from the world of books.” A guest blog called “Booking Through Thursday” posed a question that appealed to me: “What’s the...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 15, 2009 | Appearances by Tom, Books, Reviews, Inheriting the Trade
Win a copy of Inheriting the Trade on MP3 audio or Trade Paperback! Join author Thomas Norman DeWolf as he travels the World Wide Web—now through October 2—on his first virtual tour. And please: spread the word to your friends. I’d appreciate anything you can do...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 2, 2009 | Books, Reviews, Race, Oppression, Privilege
What is the What is the latest book by Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Though the subtitle is “The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng” What is the What is categorized as fiction. Valentino was quite young when the...
by Tom DeWolf | May 27, 2009 | Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table, Inheriting the Trade
I received exciting news this morning from Gayatri Patnaik, Senior Editor at Beacon Press (and editor of my book, Inheriting the Trade) that Beacon announced today “an exclusive agreement to partner with the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. in a new publishing...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 25, 2009 | Books, Reviews, History, Genealogy
Today, at the Duke University Hospital, John Hope Franklin died of congestive heart failure. He was 94. A highly revered and accomplished historian, Franklin literally helped create the field of African American history. He wrote what is considered by many to be the...
