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Interview Details
Title & Link
“Frankstown Was the World with a Big W”: Pittsburgh and Beyond, an Interview with John Edgar Wideman
Publish Date
August 1, 2022
Interviewees
John Edgar Wideman
Interviewers
Leila Kamali
Publisher
Kalfou A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies
Topics
Basketball
Cost of success
Establishment of African American Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania
Family members: brother and son
Homewood of John Edgar Wideman's childhood
Languages of childhood
Origin stories
Pittsburgh and Beyond
Rhodes Scholar at Oxford
Role of creativity
Shame experiences
People Mentioned
Elias Khoury
Leila Kamali
Peter Balakian
Robert Goldmann
Works Mentioned
Homewood Trilogy: Damballah, Hiding Place, and Sent for You Yesterday
Places Mentioned
New York City
Pittsburgh
University of Pennsylvania
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