Chat In The Stacks: David Waldstreicher - The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence

Join us for the first Chat in the Stacks of Spring 2024 as David Waldstreicher discusses his book The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence.

David Waldstreicher teaches at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. In addition to The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence (published in March; paperback in March 2025), he has also written books about Benjamin Franklin and slavery, about slavery and the making of the U.S. Constitution, and a documentary history for young adults, The Struggle Against Slavery. His recent essays about the politics of history in the present have appeared in the Boston Review and The Atlantic. He taught history and American studies at Temple University from 2004 to 2014. 

For sixteen years running, the Libraries and the Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Faculty of Color have co-hosted this engaging series of panels on timely topics, featuring faculty from across the university.

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