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In her TEDx Talk, Carolyn Holbrook speaks on how she is a legacy of where she comes from and her personal belief that we live our legacy everyday.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Island of Discarded Women Episode 22
Carolyn shares with Sue her journey from incarcerated teen to celebrated literary arts advocate on this podcast about divine interventions.
Mixing radio theater satire, original songs and inspiring conversations with women who share their personal stories, Island of Discarded Women delves into what it takes for us to reawaken our power after feeling tossed aside, swept under the rug or deleted.
July 7, 2021 | This was a public presentation by Carolyn Holbrook as part of Augsburg’s low residency MFA in the summer of 2021.
Book Talk: Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify
March 29, 2021 | Book Talk with East Side Freedom Library: Join us for a celebration and exploration of Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify, Carolyn Holbrook’s long-awaited collection of essays. She will be in conversation with three women who have read her book.
Virtual Event: The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
March 17, 2021 | In celebration of The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson, Diane was in conversation with Carolyn Holbrook.
Fireside Reading: Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify
February 12, 2021 | Fireside Reading with Saint Paul Public Library
February 5, 2021 | “We talk about how teaching and writing keeps her sane, not giving a rip about winning awards (and winning one anyway!), and how she arrived at linked essays as a way to write what is, in effect, a memoir.”
Recorded Visual Q&A: Carolyn Holbrook and Tess Montgomery
August 18, 2020 | “In These Times: An Intergenerational Conversation.” Minnesota Women’s Press contributors Carolyn Holbrook and (her granddaughter) Tess Montgomery talked about the legacy of this time, moderated by magazine editor Mikki Morrissette.
University of Minnesota Press: Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify with Sherrie Fernandez-Williams
August, 2020 | A conversation between Carolyn Holbrook and Sherrie Fernandez-Williams on Carolyn’s award-winning memoir.
Book Talk: Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify
August 31, 2020 | Holbrook is joined by her granddaughters along with moderators Dr. Artika Tyner, Pamela Fletcher-Bush, and University of Minnesota Press regional trade editor Erik Anderson in conversation.
MN Reads: "Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify" by Carolyn Holbrook
July 2, 2020 | A conversation with KUMD host Lisa Johnson talking about her book Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify.
Review: 'Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify’
via Star Tribune: In her new book of memoiristic essays, “Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify,” Twin Cities writer and arts activist Carolyn Holbrook opens with a visit from a ghost.
July 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us
Each month Ms. magazine provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically underrepresented groups, including Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify.
TELL ME THEIR NAMES AND I WILL TESTIFY: Book Review
via Book Feminishist: This collection of essays, compiled and expertly interwoven to form a memoir, and what a memoir it is. Carolyn Holbrook is a master of her craft.
“I learned to involve my children in my work and my writing life. I taught them how to type and proofread, and they were able to help me in our home-based secretarial service. And I took them with me to meetings and classes at the community center. There, they could write side by side with me.”