Ursula Werner's Blog - Posts Tagged "racism"

Just got back from a wonderful visit to Houston and the Brazos Bookstore. Many thanks to Sarah and the staff at Brazos for their warm welcome, and to the fantastic audience I had at my reading. It is very heartening to find so many highly engaged readers, asking themselves (and me) hard questions about what the past has to teach us, and how we can apply those lessons to our lives today.

One of my greatest hopes for my book is that it spark discussion about some of the questions it raises, particularly as the same issues -- racism, opposition to political oppression, the state promulgation of fear-baed policies -- are being raised today.