by Tom DeWolf | Mar 26, 2008 | Books, Reviews, Inheriting the Trade
Last autumn (Octoberish) my cousin and fellow Traces of the Trade traveler Holly Fulton attended an author reading in Salem, Massachusetts featuring Marcus Rediker and his new book The Slave Ship: A Human History. Unlike any book I’ve come across during the...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 11, 2008 | Books, Reviews, Race, Oppression, Privilege
I received a forwarded e-mail from my cousin Katrina today (producer/director of Traces of the Trade) about a book that has just been published about modern-day slavery. The e-mail comes from the author, Benjamin Skinner: Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:35:21 -0400 Subject:...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 8, 2008 | Books, Reviews
Awhile back my cousin Keila DePoorter–she is one of the Family of Ten who, along with me, retraced the Triangle Trade with Katrina Browne to make the documentary film Traces of the Trade–told me about a writer her son had recommended to her: Eckhart Tolle....
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 7, 2008 | Books, Reviews, Movies, Reviews
This past week Lindi and I have been on a movie kick. We went to our favorite local video store, Westside Video (we are deeply biased since we started it in 1984 and owned it for 14 years), with nothing in particular in mind and perused the shelves for something that...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 2, 2008 | Books, Reviews, Inheriting the Trade, Traces of the Trade
As I continue to learn about the business end of the book world I’ve become quite intrigued (and impressed) by how publicity works and how word spreads. My publicist at Beacon Press, Leah Riviere, continues to do an amazing job of outreach to various media as...
by Tom DeWolf | Feb 18, 2008 | Books, Reviews, Inheriting the Trade
When I was in Boston last month I visited the offices of the Christian Science Monitor to be interviewed by Marjorie Kehe, the book editor for the CSM. You can now read her review of Inheriting The Trade, “An honest look at a slave-trading family’s...
