Names on the Land
Breede Wegh and Broadway designate the same New York City thoroughfare, but the spelling tells you who the top dogs were when the signs got painted. And so it goes across the U.S.
Tracing memory threads Lauret Savoy’s life and work. A woman of African American, Euro-American, and Native American heritage, and a member of the faculty at Mount Holyoke College, she explores the intertwinings of natural and cultural histories. She writes about the stories we tell of the American land’s origins and the stories we tell of ourselves in this land. Her new book, Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape (Counterpoint Press) will be released in November.