January 29, 2025: "To Save the Man" or "86"

We’re digging into a difficult time in the country’s history that folx are still reckoning with to this day, through a new novel from a multi disciplinary artist who has spent his whole life shining light on struggles like it. We’re joined by actor, director, script writer, producer and most importantly in this case, Author John Sayles to discuss his latest novel “To Save the Man", and find out from that man himself the appeal and difficulties of portraying the Carlisle Indian School as a living breathing character itself without shying away from the lasting consequences the institution has and had on Indigenous and non-indigenous populations in the United States, before you can meet the author tomorrow night at the Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley. (we also let you know where you can do a deeper dive through a beloved NPR program on the Carlisle Indian School's connection to football)  We also take a term right out of the kitchen and into the realm of the Word Nerd as the senior Editor at Merriam Webster fires us through the origins of the phrases “86” and Deep Six”.