A Meal of Thorns 59- OF ONE BLOOD with Garrett Bridger Gimore

Out of print for the greater part of the 20th century, Hopkins’ Of One Blood looks a lot like Afro-futurism, using ancient Ethiopian technology and the new science of mesmerism to think about racial politics. But it’s actually a bit stranger than that—Garret Bridger Gilmore returns to walk us through some of the novel’s contexts and theories.

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Guest: Garret Bridger Gilmore

Title: Of One Blood, or, The Hidden Self by Pauline E. Hopkins

Host:Jake Casella Brookins

Music byGiselle Gabrielle Garcia

Artwork byRob Patterson

Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough

References:

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré

The Fog by James Herbert