Michael Thomas, author of The Broken King, shares his POV on how we as Black men, should interact with our kids. It's not about preparing them for the daily battle. #thebrokenking #blackparenting #blackmenread #blackmenspeak #Blackthougth #parenting #blacklove #michaelthomas
Michael Thomas, author of The Broken King, explains why, as a man, he couldn't protect his son. Check out the full episode here https://lnkd.in/ge-cNcdR @resist_bks #blackmenread #blackmenspeak #blackauthors #literature #nytimesbestsellerlist #blackliterature #readingisfundamental
Check out the latest episode of The Black Men Speak podcast, nominated for The Best Interview Podcast.
In this episode, we sit down with Michael Thomas, the acclaimed novelist behind Man Gone Down and winner of the International Dublin Literary Award, to discuss his powerful memoir The Broken King. In a raw and deeply personal conversation, Thomas reflects on fatherhood without the polish often found in parenting narratives, confronting the trauma, racism, and family history that shaped his upbringing in 1970s Boston and resurfaced as he tried to become a different kind of father to his own sons.
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Super excited to interview Michael Thomas today. The great thing about his book was that he was so transparent. I have so many questions. To listen live, check it out here. /live/Qs-dzibYwgo?feature=share
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@englishathunter Professor Michael Thomas opens up about his memoir "The Broken King" on CUNY TV's One to One with Sheryl McCarthy. He reflects on trauma, neurodivergence, race, family, and identity—and how writing became a way to find his place in the world and connect deeply with readers.
“Here comes the conman
Coming with his con plan
We won't take no bribe
We've got to stay alive
We gonna chase those crazy
Chase those crazy baldheads
Chase those crazy baldheads out of the town.”
“Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.” —Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”
