Learn History Through Fiction: Racism and Poverty 100 Years Ago: “It Takes a Community to Feed Empty Mouths”

“Lula Mae ladles deep into the pot. ‘We can always feed another couple of mouths.’” A quote from the historical novel Tazia and Gemma. After the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City, an unwed immigrant and her young daughter flee west in search of freedom and encounter racism in Kansas in the early 1900s. Read more about the book in NOVELS.

Racism and poverty are kin
Tazia and Gemma (Vine Leaves Press) by Ann S. Epstein

Author: annsepstein@att.net

Ann S. Epstein is an award-winning writer of novels, short stories, memoirs, and essays.

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