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On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. What happened inside room 306 on the evening of April 3 is the subject of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop. Hours after King's final speech, punctuated by his immortal line "I've been to the mountaintop", the celebrated reverend forms an unlikely friendship with a motel maid as they talk into the early hours of what will be his final day.

This podcast series gives readers of books published by Soul Speak Press a deeper insight into the amazing authors that brought their experiences to the page and hopes to inspire it’s audience to a place of transformational healing.This podcast is hosted by Jessica Buchanan, NYT bestselling author, founder of Soul Speak Press, speaker, and survivor. The books discussed here are available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes&Nobles, or any online book retailer. For more information on Soul Speak Press visit www.soulspeakpress.com. For more information Jessica Buchanan, please visit ...

Winchester, Virginia, is an emblematic American town. As the US economy and American culture have transformed in recent decades, the ground under centuries-old social codes has shifted, throwing old folkways into chaos. Homeplace teases apart the tangle of class, race, and family origin that still defines the town and illuminates questions that now dominate our national conversation - about how we move into the future without pretending our past doesn't exist, about what we salvage, and what we leave behind.

Four friends review the latest comic books and share the comics they love.