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30 mar 2021 · In this singular novel, Kaitlyn Greenidge confronts the anonymizing forces of history with her formidable gifts. Libertie is a glorious, piercing song for the ages—fierce, brilliant, and utterly free. Jacqueline Woodson, author of Red at the Bone
Libertie is a 2021 novel by Kaitlyn Greenidge about a young African American girl growing up in the United States in the aftermath of the Civil War. Although it is a work of historical fiction, it draws on the life and experiences of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney-Steward, who was one of the first Black women to earn a medical degree.
Kaitlyn Greenidge's novel Libertie is written from the main character Libertie Sampson's first person point of view and in the past tense. The novel opens in 1860s King County, New York and traces Libertie's coming of age before, during, and after the American Civil War.
30 mar 2021 · Reviews. Elusive Freedom in “Libertie” by Kat Solomon. March 30, 2021. “I saw my mother raise a man from the dead,” Libertie Sampson tells us at the beginning of Kaitlyn Greenidge’s second novel.
Kaitlyn Greenidge. Living a legacy. Interview by Arlene McKanic. The legacy of medicine, trauma, motherhood and marriage in Black American communities provides the groundwork for Kaitlyn Greenidge’s second novel, Libertie. Share this Article:
30 mar 2021 · Kaitlyn Greenidge’s second novel, “Libertie,” is a feat of monumental thematic imagination. Her 2016 debut, “ We Love You, Charlie Freeman,” paralleled two stories of racial degradation that...
6 kwi 2021 · What if a child doesn't share a parent's ambition? Kaitlyn Greenidge's novel is inspired by the life of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney-Steward, the third Black woman to earn a medical degree in the...
