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Film, Video 2022 National Book Festival: Dolen Perkins-Valdez on "Take My Hand"

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Title

  • 2022 National Book Festival: Dolen Perkins-Valdez on "Take My Hand"

Summary

  • Dolen Perkins-Valdez's latest novel, "Take My Hand," revolves around Civil Townsend, a Black nurse we follow from the early days of her career in 1973 to her eventual retirement. Inspired by true events, the novel lays bare the shameful history of state-sanctioned abuses against Black girls and women by medical professionals in America. Moderated by Linda Villarosa.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • National Book Festival (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2022-09-03.

Notes

  • -  Group name: 2022 National Book Festival: Pop Lit. 4
  • -  Linda Villarosa, Dolen Perkins-Valdez.
  • -  Recorded on 2022-09-03.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024698229

Online Format

  • video
  • online text
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. National Book Festival: Dolen Perkins-Valdez on "Take My Hand". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-03, 2022. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698229/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & National Book Festival, U. S. (2022) National Book Festival: Dolen Perkins-Valdez on "Take My Hand". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-03. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698229/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. National Book Festival: Dolen Perkins-Valdez on "Take My Hand". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-03, 2022. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024698229/>.