Novel Explores Race & Legacy of Slavery
Yvonne Battle-Felton’s novel, REMEMBERED, begins in 1910 with a race riot in Philadelphia where the protagonist Spring learns her son Edward is one of the victims of white mob violence. As he lays in a hospital bed on the edge of death, Spring tells him the story of her family, including her dead sister Tempe, whose ghost has haunted her since her untimely demise. Going all the way back to 1843, REMEMBERED explores the complex legacy of slavery and motherhood in ways similar to Toni Morrison's monumental novel BELOVED. Yvonne Battle-Felton teaches creative writing at the University of…
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