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 and Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History
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DESCRIPTION:Kristina R. Gaddy\, M.F.A. ’15\, author of Well of Souls: Unc
 overing the Banjo's Hidden History and Flowers in the Gutter: The True Sto
 ry of the Edelweiss Pirates\, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis (Dutton 202
 0)\, is a Baltimore-based writer and fiddler. Well of Souls was one of The
  New Yorker’s best books of 2022 and named one of 2022’s Most Memorabl
 e Music Books by No Depression: The Journal of Roots Music. In an extraord
 inary story unfolding across 200 years\, Gaddy uncovers the banjo’s key 
 role in Black spirituality\, ritual\, and rebellion. Through meticulous re
 search in diaries\, letters\, archives\, and art\, she traces the banjo’
 s beginnings from the 17th century\, when enslaved people of African desce
 nt created it from gourds or calabashes and wood. Gaddy shows how the ensl
 aved carried this unique instrument as they were transported and sold by s
 laveowners throughout the Americas\, to Suriname\, the Caribbean\, and the
  colonies that became U.S. States\, including Louisiana\, South Carolina\,
  Maryland\, and New York. She has received the Parsons Award from the Libr
 ary of Congress\, the Logan Nonfiction Fellowship\, and a Robert W. Deutsc
 h Foundation Rubys artist award. She holds an M.F.A. in nonfiction writing
  from Goucher College\, and an excerpt from her master's thesis won the 20
 15 Julia Rogers Research Prize. This will be moderated by banjo student Be
 n Karp ’93.
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SUMMARY:Goucher Virtual Authors Series: Kristina Gaddy\, M.F.A. ’15 and W
 ell of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History
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