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Hartman's work has been intriguing to me. I first read excerpts of her work in my graduate program in a course examing early-American minority authors. There is something a bit disorienting if I think too deeply about the boundaries between what we perceive to be fact versus fiction and how the existing archives and ephemera we have are inherently exclusionary and thus not the full picture. It is important to give voice to the voiceless and to provide counter narratives to the canon or mainstream perceptions.
I listened to this book, which, in hindsight, was a mistake. It was difficult for me to recall the names, places, and times discussed and thus challenging to fully follow the stories crafted and the arguments being made through those speculative conversationsand inner monolgues. While Hartman may create from partial speculation, it is not difficult to imagine the experiences of those subjugated by slavery and its systemic extensions well beyond so-called abolition.
I listened to this book, which, in hindsight, was a mistake. It was difficult for me to recall the names, places, and times discussed and thus challenging to fully follow the stories crafted and the arguments being made through those speculative conversationsand inner monolgues. While Hartman may create from partial speculation, it is not difficult to imagine the experiences of those subjugated by slavery and its systemic extensions well beyond so-called abolition.