Kim Coleman Foote, COLEMAN HILL
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Zibby speaks to author Kim Coleman Foote about Coleman Hill, a remarkable, heartbreaking story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in the wake of the Great Migration, inspired by the author’s own family legend, historical record, and fervent imagination. Kim provides insights into her writing process, describing how the voices of different family members, the discovery of old photographs, and her passion for history influenced the narrative. The two also discuss themes of trauma, abuse, resilience, and the impact of migration on African-American families. Finally, Kim describes her exciting publishing journey with Zando and shares her best advice for aspiring writers.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:06.7 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
| 0:21.9 | Our books are already out now. |
| 0:23.5 | You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com. |
| 0:25.6 | And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle |
| 0:31.2 | features. |
| 0:31.8 | That's at Zibbymag.com. |
| 0:33.1 | We have classes at Zippy Classes.com. |
| 0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.a called zibby's bookshop |
| 0:40.3 | at one one one three montana avenue at 11th street in san monica i hope that you are able to |
| 0:47.0 | enjoy some of our other offerings but this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in |
| 0:53.3 | 2018 and no matter what i do this is basically my of all of it and started in 2018. And no matter what I do, this is |
| 0:56.1 | basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Kim Coleman Foote is the author of the novel |
| 1:05.6 | Coleman Hill, inspired by her family's experience of the Great Migration from Alabama and |
| 1:10.3 | Florida to Vauxol, New Jersey, |
| 1:12.2 | circa 1916 to 1980s. |
| 1:14.8 | An award-winning writer of fiction and memoir, Kim's work has appeared most recently in the Best American Short Stories 2022, |
| 1:20.9 | Iron Horse Literary Review, Echo Tone, and the Rumpus. |
| 1:24.0 | Major honors include writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Phillips, Exeter Academy, Center for Fiction, |
| 1:32.6 | Yadoe, McDowell, and Hedgebrook. Kim grew up in New Jersey, where she started writing at the age |
| 1:37.2 | of seven-ish. Her work focuses on marginalized histories, relationships between Africa and its |
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