Mr. Anderson, I have great faith in this idea you have.  As my husband also stated, I do wish that you avoid shedding negative light on him as well as myself.  He has trouble being open minded in some ways and in return I may at times be open minded to a fault.  We as… View More

Greetings Mr. Anderson I’m not sure what you mean by an “audio-book”, but am I correct in making the assumption that somehow my voice can be reproduced for wider consumption? If so, what an enormous opportunity! Even those without the ability to read may now have the chance to hear directly from some of the… View More

Dear, Lucia Love, it was not fear that brought my friend to try to recreate your families likeness, it was dissatisfaction with the way others had. It wasn’t long before he wrote The Conjure Woman that he had a letter sent to me filled with his grievances. During that time Negros were gaining popularity in… View More

As an exercise, our department has produced a hypothetical inner thought of Annie’s regarding her husband’s more “judgemental behaviors.” It seems to fit Chesnutt’s portrayal of Annie well–the wife who wants to think the best of these crazy stories Julius brings to them, while also believing in giving these workers a “fair try,” even if… View More

One of the most incredible items we’ve recovered during our research for this production have been writings from what, it appears, was a real conjure woman. While we’re not sure as to the actual identity of this mysterious woman, her writings, astonishingly, seem to be responding to a situation in the American south that closely… View More

You sounds like a boy who has alot to learn about ” feminine sensibilities”. You wake up in the morning and sees that you is white and you is a man and you thank God for them white man sensibilities. But them white man sensibilities blind you, make you say I wish them slave stories… View More

You and I are eternally connected because you came out of an idea. This idea might seem a little stereotypical especially in the way that I have illustrated Julius to be almost as a minstrel character. The Goophered Grapevines is not only a story of cruelty during slavery in the South but also an incorporation of… View More

Dear Mr. Cable, I am honored and humbled by your wise words. These “demons” you speak of has caused many a sleepless nights and the only solution I see for the paralleled color lines is through the wisdom of my great hero, abolitionist and freedom fighter Frederick Douglass. Douglass sees “Mulatto” as being the mixed… View More

Dear Chesnutt, Yes, those were good times indeed. to still be young and so naive again, I would give away my coveted mustache. I have lost track of how often I reminisce on how much of a difference we thought we were making. The foolish egocentrism of young men I guess. It’s ironic that we were pushing for… View More

That fear you speaking of is what made him conjure people like me in the first place. He see a world where colored people still fear masters when they suppised to be free and decide he gonna make a goopher of his own and he called it The Conjure Woman. Both black and white man… View More