Vertamae Grosvenor archive
Friday, June 26, 2009
Music Interviews & Profiles
Michael Jackson's Image: What It Means
June 26, 2009 In this commentary that originally aired on All Things Considered on July 7, 1984, writer Vertamae Grosvenor says that while counts herself a longtime fan of the musical Jackson family, she doesn't plan to attend to see what the Jackson brothers, and especially Michael have created.
Friday, February 17, 2006
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Collard Green Sandwich
November 25, 2004 Frequent NPR commentator Vertamae Grosvenor, author of Vertamae Cooks in America's Family Kitchen, offers up a recipe.
Monday, April 26, 2004
Author Interviews
Intersections: Crafting a Voice for Black Culture
April 26, 2004 In 1975, Pulitzer-Prize winning author Alice Walker wrote an essay that helped lift from obscurity Zora Neale Hurston, the most widely published black woman author of the 1930s Harlem Renaissance. For Intersections, a series on artists and their inspirations, Walker tells NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor about the guiding role Hurston's work has played in her own art.
Friday, March 14, 2003
Friday, January 03, 2003
Vertamae's Hoppin' John
January 3, 2003 Hoppin' John has been the centerpiece of the Southern holiday table for generations. NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor's says it's unthinkable to not have the black-eyed peas and rice dish for New Year's, and offers this recipe from her cookbook, Vertamae Cooks.
