Latin instructor Jerome Washington is a man out of place. The lone African-American teacher at the Chelsea School, an elite all-boys boarding school...
...the disappeared visible once again. With that, she has done them — and us — a great service. Martha Southgate's most recent novel is "The Taste of Salt."...
...the disappeared visible once again. With that, she has done them — and us — a great service. Martha Southgate's most recent novel is "The Taste of Salt."...
...James Alan McPherson?s “Elbow Room,” a collection of stories that took home the Pulitzer in 1978. In 2007, Martha Southgate included “Elbow Room” on a list of recommended books by African-American authors. Mr. McPherson hasn?t published a book of...
...McPherson’s "Elbow Room," a collection of stories that took home the Pulitzer in 1978. In 2007, Martha Southgate included "Elbow Room" on by African-American authors. Mr. McPherson hasn’t published a book of fiction since. Shirley Ann Grau’s "The...
...white, believe that black people do not like water? In the fiction book, “A Taste of Salt” by Martha Southgate, main character Josie Henderson loves water so much she becomes a scientist who studies dolphins. Her only problem is the alcohol that...
...City Kid” and the film “Brooklyn Boheme”), Carl Hancock Rux (“Asphalt and Talk), comic writer John Lee, and Martha Southgate (“The Taste of Salt”) — will discuss their work and what the neighborhoods meant to it.” And don’t miss the...
... 2. You need to get literary. Head (back) to the Central Library for an Author Talk by Martha Southgate , who will discuss her new novel The Taste of Salt. 10 Grand Army Plaza, 10 a.m. Free. 3. You need to get the kids out of...
...white, believe that black people do not like water? In the fiction book, “A Taste of Salt” by Martha Southgate, main character Josie Henderson loves water so much she becomes a scientist who studies dolphins. Her only problem is the alcohol that...
...mixed in race but uniform in urbanity. We sat rapt as black writers Nelson George, Carl Hancock Rux, Martha Southgate and John Lee stood, next to microphones they didn’t need, relating tales of living and working in a hard-scrabble Brooklyn...