Hopkinson, Nalo

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Nalo Hopkinson discusses her novel, “The Salt Roads.” She talks about how she covers several periods of history in her book including 18th century Haiti, 19th century France, and 4th century Egypt. She describes slave revolts in Haiti. Hopkinson talks about Bohemian France and the works of author Charles Baudelaire. She describes the different kinds of research she did for the book, and how she mainly writes science fiction novels. Martinson asks Hopkinson to read a passage from the book about slave workers in Haiti. She ends the interview by describing racism in Canada and America.

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Claremont Colleges Library

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California Digital Library