“Fiction is all conflict and tension and making your characters uncomfortable and seeing what they do with that uncomfortableness. I can’t imagine writing a police procedural set in Chicago and not talk about race.”
Tracy Clark
In this episode Lissa talks with author Tracy Clark about Fall, the second book in her Detective Harriet Foster thriller series, weaving a twisted journey into the underbelly of Chicago as Harriet and her team work to unmask a serial killer stalking the city’s aldermen.
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30 Pieces of Silver – On the cover of Fall we see silver coins. Each of the victims in Fall have their mouths stuffed with coins. Learn more about the significance.
Bronzeville – Author Clark writes “Bronzeville had been the destination for many African Americans fleeing the South and Jim Crow… Bronzeville was where they staked their claim, where creativity took wing,where family after family made away out of no way” Learn more about Bronzeville today.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone – during the conversation, Lissa makes a reference to Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, a play by August Wilson. Learn more about the play and August Wilson.
Tracy Clark is on the Board of Crime Writers of Color
What is Tracy Reading?
