Liberation Memories: Interview By Rudolph Lewis [2003]

Liberation Memories is a clear and excellent portrait of the writings and political efforts of the much-overlooked writer John Oliver Killens within the African-American intellectual community. I strongly recommend this work for both high school and college students, and professors of English and African American Studies. It's simply a book that should be on the shelf of every serious student of African American life and culture. Professor Gilyard, let us start at the beginning with your interest in this overlooked spokesman of Black interests. How came you to Killens? What was the first book of his you read and your first impression of his work?