Eve L. Ewing on Original Sins, Audiobooks, and Imagination as Resistance

In this episode, Craig and Olivia sit down with Eve L. Ewing—author, scholar, poet, comic book writer, and professor—to talk about her newest book, Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. Eve shares the inspirations behind the book, the emotional toll of writing it, and the active role imagination plays in justice and systemic transformation.

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About Eve L. Ewing: Eve L. Ewing is a writer, scholar, and cultural organizer from Chicago. She is the award-winning author of four books: Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, and Maya and the Robot. She is the co-author (with Nate Marshall) of the play No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks and has written several projects for Marvel Comics.

Photo credit: Jaclyn Rivas

Get Eve’s Book:

• Original Sins
• 1919
• Maya and the Robot
• Ghosts in the Schoolyard

Books discussed on today’s episode:

• The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
• Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
• Codename: Pale Horse by Scott Payne