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Hollywood Royalty - The Story of Hattie McDaniel in ReShonda Tate's The Queen of Sugar Hill

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Listen in as I chat with ReShonda Tate, the best-selling author of dozens of novels including The Queen of Sugar Hill, ReShonda's first historical novel. It's listed in the Film category on Art In Fiction.
View the Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aIofW073t_U
Highlights include:

  • Why write a novel about Hattie McDaniel, famous for playing Mammy in Gone with the Wind and being the first Black person to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1939.
  • Hattie's famous line about how she'd rather play a maid than be a maid.
  • The novel as a story about a career woman before her time.
  • Hattie's troubled love life.
  • Hattie's relationship with Clark Gable.
  • Researching The Queen of Sugar Hill
  • Fact vs. fiction - an example of a fictionalized event in The Queen of Sugar Hill
  • Hattie's activism during and after the war and her successful challenge of the restrictive covenant that kept the Sugar Hill neighborhood for "whites only" that led to a landmark Supreme Court case.
  • Theme of The Queen of Sugar Hill
  • Reading from The Queen of Sugar Hill
  • ReShonda's focus on writing historical fiction
  • What ReShonda is working on now

Press Play now & be sure to check out The Queen of Sugar Hill on Art In Fiction: https://www.artinfiction.com/novels?q=reshonda+tate
ReShonda Tate's Website: https://www.reshondatate.com
Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
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Are you enjoying The Art In Fiction Podcast? Consider giving us a small donation so we can continue bringing you interviews with your favorite arts-inspired novelists. Click this link to donate: https://ko-fi.com/artinfiction.
Also, check out the Art In Fiction website at https://www.artinfiction.com and explore 2200+ novels inspired by the arts in 10 categories: Architecture, Dance, Decorative Arts, Film, Literature, Music, Textile Arts, Theater, Visual Arts, & Other.
Want to learn more about Carol Cram, the host of The Art In Fiction Podcast? She's the author of several award-winning novels, including The Towers of Tuscany and Love Among the Recipes. Find out more on her website.

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Manage episode 404148095 series 2835259
Content provided by Carol Cram. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Carol Cram or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

Listen in as I chat with ReShonda Tate, the best-selling author of dozens of novels including The Queen of Sugar Hill, ReShonda's first historical novel. It's listed in the Film category on Art In Fiction.
View the Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aIofW073t_U
Highlights include:

  • Why write a novel about Hattie McDaniel, famous for playing Mammy in Gone with the Wind and being the first Black person to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1939.
  • Hattie's famous line about how she'd rather play a maid than be a maid.
  • The novel as a story about a career woman before her time.
  • Hattie's troubled love life.
  • Hattie's relationship with Clark Gable.
  • Researching The Queen of Sugar Hill
  • Fact vs. fiction - an example of a fictionalized event in The Queen of Sugar Hill
  • Hattie's activism during and after the war and her successful challenge of the restrictive covenant that kept the Sugar Hill neighborhood for "whites only" that led to a landmark Supreme Court case.
  • Theme of The Queen of Sugar Hill
  • Reading from The Queen of Sugar Hill
  • ReShonda's focus on writing historical fiction
  • What ReShonda is working on now

Press Play now & be sure to check out The Queen of Sugar Hill on Art In Fiction: https://www.artinfiction.com/novels?q=reshonda+tate
ReShonda Tate's Website: https://www.reshondatate.com
Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
This website contains affiliate links. If you use these links to make a purchase, I may earn a commission. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you.

Are you enjoying The Art In Fiction Podcast? Consider giving us a small donation so we can continue bringing you interviews with your favorite arts-inspired novelists. Click this link to donate: https://ko-fi.com/artinfiction.
Also, check out the Art In Fiction website at https://www.artinfiction.com and explore 2200+ novels inspired by the arts in 10 categories: Architecture, Dance, Decorative Arts, Film, Literature, Music, Textile Arts, Theater, Visual Arts, & Other.
Want to learn more about Carol Cram, the host of The Art In Fiction Podcast? She's the author of several award-winning novels, including The Towers of Tuscany and Love Among the Recipes. Find out more on her website.

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