"Light of the August Moon" author Terri Lyons Joins Us

In this episode, we're joined by featured guest Terri Lyons. A Philadelphia native, Terri is an award-winning storyteller, actress, keynote speaker, and author of eight books, including her latest, "Light of the August Moon," a collection of short stories of modern history with a poetic twist, stories of the American experience spanning the Roaring Twenties through the Disco Seventies. Among other things, we'll discuss Terri's process of researching and writing "Light of the August Moon." What's fascinating is the fact that many of the most controversial and/or pivotal events of American history took place during the month of August. She writes, "There is nothing new about trying times...History occurs every month of the year, but so many events occured or culminated in the month of August. August, the month when all things ripen." This work should be required reading by all in the age of Trump. We'll delve into the ways in which her work - and its references to and critiques of America's painful yet resilient past - cuts through collective psychic denial about racial and social injustice, promotes a level of introspection that can be healing and restorative, and raises our collective consciousness and understanding about history and its multiple impacts. I hope you'll join us for what will be a lively and thought-provoking episode of #VoicesForRacialHealing.