On this episode of the Gulf Coast Life Book Club, we hear from Michelle Commander, editor of UNSUNG. Unsung is a remarkable anthology of slave narratives, children’s literature of the time, and much more. It was compiled from the outstanding collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
![Michelle D. Commander, PhD.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/577337d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x1105+0+0/resize/880x810!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F42%2F46%2Ff27c29f64084a68b3035dc6aa7d3%2Fcommander-author-photo.jpg)
Plus, author Rachel Lynn Solomon talks about her novel THE EX TALK. It’s a romantic comedy set in … of all places … a public radio station.
![Rachel Lynn Solomon](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/34a3c69/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x3000+0+0/resize/880x1320!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd6%2F44%2Fb9215c134c31b35107f255ec0ad4%2Frachel-lynn-solomon-photo-by-sabreen-lakhani.jpg)
Sabreen Lakhani
![Cover, The Ex Talk](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9bbc64a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2200x3300+0+0/resize/880x1320!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2Fef%2Fa06209924034bec56a147e1e89a6%2F9780593200124.jpg)