Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Guest Host: Susan Page
We remember Bebe Moore Campbell, who died last November at age 56, by taking a look at the novel for which she received the NAACP Image Award for Literature. Spanning the decades from the mid 1950s to the late 1980s, “Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine” is a timeless tale of racism, murder, and redemption.
Guests
- Kate Lehrer Author, most recently of "Confessions of a Bigamist."
- Lisa Page Freelance writer who teaches creative writing at George Washington University.
- E. Ethelbert Miller Poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, Board Chair of the Institute for Policy Study. And author of the forthcoming book "On Saturdays I Santana With You."
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