Girl, Goodnight

Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading part two of "The Goophered Grapevine" written by Charles W. Chestnutt.

The Goophered Grapevine is a story of greed which involves a white Northerner relocating to Patesville, North Carolina in search of a plantation to start a vineyard. When visiting the land, he and his wife encounter a former slave who attempts to discourage them from purchasing the land by revealing its "goophered" past.

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Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading part one of "The Goophered Grapevine" written by Charles W. Chestnutt.

The Goophered Grapevine is a story of greed which involves a white Northerner relocating to Patesville, North Carolina in search of a plantation to start a vineyard. When visiting the land, he and his wife encounter a former slave who attempts to discourage them from purchasing the land by revealing its "goophered" past. Tune in next Sunday for the continuation of the story in part two!

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Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading La Juanita by Alice Dunbar Nelson.

La Juanita is one of many stories in a collection entitled "The Goodness of Saint Rocque and Other Stories." This short story is about a beautiful woman named La Juanita who lives in a city called Mandeville, and her namesake, a boat involved in an annual boat race.

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Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading part two of "The Comet" written by W.E.B. DuBois.

The Comet is a science fiction story written in 1920 which discusses the relationship between Jim Davis and Julia after discovering that a comet has hit New York City leaving them the only survivors.

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Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading part one of "The Comet" written by W.E.B. DuBois.

The Comet is a science fiction story written in 1920 which discusses the relationship between Jim Davis and Julia after discovering that a comet has hit New York City leaving them the only survivors. Tune in next Sunday for the continuation of the story in part two!

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Welcome to Girl, Goodnight! In the inaugural episode, hear “The Two Offers”, written by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

The Two Offers is noted as the first short story written by an African American author to be published in the United States. It was published in the June and July editions of the Anglo-African Magazine in 1859. The story chronicles the lives of cousins Laura Lagrange; who is deciding between two offers of marriage, and Janette Alston; who becomes an old maid. Both women make decisions that will ultimately determine the direction of their lives, but were they best decisions?

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Every Sunday, join host, Return of LaMac to hear binuaral beats and a classic bedtime story from the public domain with a melanated twist. Follow the show on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, and your favorite podcast platform.

Music by: Dan Henig

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