Alison Mills Newman on the re-release of her autobiographical novel, Francisco
Original Airdates: Feb. 14-17, 2025
TVC 678.1: Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter welcome back actress, author, songwriter, composer, filmmaker, and reverend Alison Mills Newman (Julia, The Leslie Uggams Show, The Tree Widow). Alison’s novel, Francisco, is a genre-bending, autobiographical story about a young black actress in the early 1970s who falls in love with an intensely driven filmmaker, makes her way through the Black Arts movement, and searches searching for her own way of seeing.
Originally published in 1974, Francisco was recently reissued by New Directions Publishing and is available wherever books are sold.
