In today’s episode, we meet author Valerie Nieman, author of the novel, “To the Bones,” the poetry collection, “Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse” and three other novels and poetry collections.
Charlotte Readers Podcast is sponsored by Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
In today’s episode, we meet author Valerie Nieman, author of the novel, “To the Bones,” the poetry collection, “Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse” and three other novels and poetry collections.
The reviews of “To the Bones” call it a “parable on capitalism and environmental degradation,” set in “a strange, disconcerting place populated by thoughtful, articulate people; trigger-happy rent-a-cops; zombies; and residents who can mysteriously evaporate or be stripped to the bone.”
Lisa Schaefer, curator, The Coney Island Museum, calls “Leopard Lady” a “beautifully written book” that is “steeped in sideshow tradition, and addressing issues of race, gender, self-concept, and creative expression.”
We start the show with a reading from “To the Bones,” where we learn in the opening pages that the protagonist was not the first occupant in a pit left for dead.
