Other Media

Oprah’s Book Club conversation with Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Honorée opens up to Oprah about the inspiration for her epic debut novel and what she hopes to impart about the Black experience.

PBS Books Author Talk
In this PBS Books interview, Honorée reflects on writing her debut novel, the influence of W.E.B. Du Bois, the complexities of crafting historical fiction grounded in real events and places, and her poetry collection The Age of Phillis.

Honorée appears in a short film for the learned organization, American Antiquarian Society. (She first appears at 6:20.)

George Washington’s Mount Vernon: A Conversation with Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on Phillis Wheatley Peters

This short film is from a series “Imagining the Age of Phillis,” adapted from poems by Honoreé Fanonne Jeffers that bring life to the life and times of Phillis Wheatley Peters, the first African-American to publish a book of poetry. Directed by John Oluwole ADEkoje and produced by Patrick Gabridge, the video series showcases eight different poems, filmed on location at the Old State House and Old South Meeting House, locations central to civic life in 18th century Boston. To see more of the poems, visit Revolutionary Spaces.

From The Age of Phillis: “Letter from Obour Tanner”