Dead Writers takes listeners inside famous American authors’ homes. Riffing on literature, history, home décor, gardens, and ghosts, Tess Chakkalakal, associate professor of Africana studies and English and director of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, and Brock Clarke, A. Leroy Greason Professor of English, bring great American writers and the books they wrote back from the dead. The first episode, “Secret Encounter: Harriet Beecher Stowe,” will air on Maine Public Radio at 8:00 p.m., Sunday, July 28, 2024. Six more episodes will follow, one each week in the same time slot.
