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— Bliss Broyard —
Bliss Broyard
2 Videos
Description
Two months before he died, renowned literary critic Anatole Broyard called his grown son and daughter to his side to impart a secret he had kept all their lives and most of his own: he was black.
In her memoir, Bliss Broyard, daughter of Anatole Broyard, examines her father’s choice to hide his racial identity, and the impact of this revelation on her own life.
Through her discovery of unknown relatives and research of archives of forgotten records, Bliss uncovers the 250-year history of her family in America and chronicles her own evolution from privileged WASP to a woman of mixed-race ancestry.
Interview Topics
- Passing and Race Identity: Historical and Cultural Implications
- The One Drop Rule
- The Family Secret
Description
Two months before he died, renowned literary critic Anatole Broyard called his grown son and daughter to his side to impart a secret he had kept all their lives and most of his own: he was black.
In her memoir, Bliss Broyard, daughter of Anatole Broyard, examines her father’s choice to hide his racial identity, and the impact of this revelation on her own life.
Through her discovery of unknown relatives and research of archives of forgotten records, Bliss uncovers the 250-year history of her family in America and chronicles her own evolution from privileged WASP to a woman of mixed-race ancestry.
Interview Topics
- The Target Audience
- Exposing the Big Secret
- Race Identity and Sense of Self
- Mood and Tone in Storytelling
- Perfectionism, Writer’s Block and Writer’s Paralysis
- Turning Raw Data and Memories into Memoirs
