https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/788bf0f60e7c9836d658477fb6f71955.jpg 5b9709352bb5a79dc944eff5dd2c10ab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource My Soul to Keep Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tananarive Due Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: Harpers Collins Publishers, 1997. Description An account of the resource Tananarive Due’s My Soul to Keep, rewrites the traditional vampire narrative, shifting away from a pale creature of the night to an African immortal scholar with recuperative abilities and an unending quest for knowledge. Following protagonist Jessica Jacobs-Wolde, an African American journalist unknowingly married to the immortal David Wolde, Jessica’s investigative skills lead her to discover the identity of her husband and the truth about the healing powers of his blood. David’s life, spanning over five hundred years, mirrors the trajectory of African American history; forced migration from Africa, captured into slavery, and lynched in the Jim Crow South. Due’s narrative is an opportunity for readers to understand the immense scope of historic traumas and triumphs through one set of eyes, a feat only possible in fiction.