#  MHS: The New Annotated African American Folktales 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 27, 2017** 

 06:00PM - 07:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA**  



 

 



 

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There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30pm. **Henry Louis Gates, Jr.**, Harvard University, and **Maria Tatar**, Harvard University

 $10 registration fee per person. (No Charge for MHS Members or Fellows)

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 This new publication presents nearly 150 African American stories, among them familiar Brer Rabbit classics, but also stories like “The Talking Skull” and “Witches Who Ride,” as well as out-of-print tales from the 1890s’ Southern Workman. Arguing for the value of these stories as part of a sophisticated, complex, and heterogeneous cultural heritage, Gates and Tatar show how these stories deserve a place alongside the classic works of African American literature and American literature more broadly.



 

 



 

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