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Lashonda Katrice Barnett reads from her new novel, Jam on the Vine. Jam on the Vine is a dynamic tale of triumph against the odds, and the compelling story of one woman’s struggle for equality that belongs alongside Jazz by Toni Morrison and The Color Purple by Alice Walker. "So many historical novels read like connect-the-dots puzzles or costume dramas, so one that is fresh, original and time-travels to an undiscovered past is a real discovery . . . it is also a sharp reminder of the critically important role played by the African-American newspaper in American history." —Chicago Tribune Barnett is the author of The Appropriate Ones, a trilogy of full-length plays, and she is the editor of the volumes, I Got Thunder: Black Women Songwriters On Their Craft, Off the Record: Conversations With African American & Brazilian Women Musicians, and the forthcoming DROP THE MIC: Women Hip Hop & Neo Soul Artists Sound Off On Creativity & Commerce. She has taught history and literature at Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College, Hunter College and Brown University. She currently writes full time and lives in New York City. Contact the VWU Webmaster: https://www.writinguniversity.org