'Membering by Austin Clarke episode artwork

EPISODE · Sep 8, 2020 · 5 MIN

'Membering by Austin Clarke

from Download Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture · host Alexis Willms

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453978 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 'Membering Author: Austin Clarke Narrator: Nigel Shawn Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 8, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (Longlisted) 2016 RBC Taylor Prize (Longlisted) The unforgettable memoir of Giller Prize-winning author and poet Austin Clarke, called "Canada's first multicultural writer." Austin Clarke is a distinguished and celebrated novelist and short-story writer. His works often centre around the immigrant experience, of which he writes with humour and compassion, happiness and sorrow. In 'Membering, Clarke shares his own experiences growing up in Barbados and moving to Toronto to attend university in 1955 before becoming a journalist. With vivid realism he describes Harlem of the '60s, meeting and interviewing Malcolm X and writers Chinua Achebe and LeRoi Jones. Clarke went on to become a pioneering instructor of Afro-American Literature at Yale University and inspired a new generation of Afro-American writers. Clarke has been called Canada's first multicultural writer. Here he eschews a traditional chronological order of events and takes the reader on a lyrical tour of his extraordinary life, interspersed with thought-provoking meditations on politics and race. Telling things as he 'members them. Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country's greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Sep 8, 2020

Embed this episode

NOW PLAYING

'Membering by Austin Clarke

0:00 5:05

No transcript for this episode yet

We transcribe on demand. Request one and we'll notify you when it's ready — usually under 10 minutes.

No similar episodes found.

No similar podcasts found.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is this episode of Download Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture?

This episode is 5 minutes long.

When was this Download Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture episode published?

This episode was published on September 8, 2020.

Can I download this Download Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.
URL copied to clipboard!