On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Kristen Gentry, author of 鈥楳ama Said.鈥�
Growing up in a Suburb outside of Louisville, KY, Gentry witness first-hand the joy, humor, and love that coexist with the trauma of drug abuse within communities. Reflexing on African American life in all its complexity 鈥� 鈥楳ama Said,鈥� follows three daughters along with their cousins, as they come of age struggling against their mothers鈥� drug addictions.
Gentry talks about growing up outside of Louisville, Ky, attending Indiana University, teaching writing, the time it took to write 鈥楳ama Said,鈥� how the book hits close to home and dealing with the trauma of drugs and depression within the family.
