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    I GIVE YOU HALF THE ROAD

    Carol Spindel

    writer, activist, and potter in Urbana, Illinois

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    Carol Spindel

    • About/
    • Books/
      • I Give You Half The Road
      • In The Shadow of The Sacred Grove
      • Dancing at Halftime
      • The Beginnings of Black Radio: My Years at WDIA Memphis
      • New Page
    • Articles & Essays/
    • CERAMICS/
      • Contact/
      I GIVE YOU HALF THE ROAD

      I GIVE YOU HALF THE ROAD

      In Ivory Coast, the farewell "I give you half the road" is an expression of hospitality, urging a departing guest to come back again. After their first stay in a welcoming rural community in 1981, Carol Spindel and her husband did just that. Over the course of decades, they built a house and returned frequently, deepening their relationships with neighbors.

      AVAILABLE JANUARY 21, 2021

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      IN THE SHADOW OF THE SACRED GROVE

      IN THE SHADOW OF THE SACRED GROVE

      The author brings to life a world of herders, potters, farmers and diviners--all the rituals and the daily life of an Ivory Coast community.

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      DANCING AT HALFTIME

      DANCING AT HALFTIME

      Sports fans love to don paint and feathers to cheer on the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians, the Atlanta Braves, the Florida State Seminoles, and the Warriors and Chiefs of their hometown high schools. But outside the stadiums, American Indians aren't cheering--they're yelling racism.

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      THE BEGINNINGS OF BLACK RADIO: MY YEARS AT WDIA MEMPHIS

      THE BEGINNINGS OF BLACK RADIO: MY YEARS AT WDIA MEMPHIS

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      I GIVE YOU HALF THE ROAD
      IN THE SHADOW OF THE SACRED GROVE
      DANCING AT HALFTIME
      THE BEGINNINGS OF BLACK RADIO: MY YEARS AT WDIA MEMPHIS

      © Carol Spindel 2021