PORTSMOUTH – On Sunday, Feb. 18, nationally known graphic artist Joel Christian Gill will join panelists state Senator David Watters and independent scholar Eric Aldrich for the Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk titled “Sites of Memory: Reconstructing the Past.”
In keeping with this year’s theme of Memory and Remembrance, the talk will explore the history, meaning and relevance of historic memorials, including those that have recently been the subject of contentious debate.
Joel Christian Gill, recently seen on WMUR Chronicle, will share some of the forgotten stories of African Americans that he brings to life in his recently released graphic fourth novel, “Strange Fruit, Volume II.”
Through discussing these artistic sites of memory, he and fellow presenters will explore how a narrative picture of the past develops an identity for our present.
“These stories are quintessentially American stories,” said Gill.. “I can’t say that enough.”
Strange Fruit, Volume II, is a collection of stories that represent the oddity of success in the face of great adversity. Each of the eight illustrated chapters chronicles an uncelebrated African
