{"product_id":"black-heel-strings-a-choptank-memoir-hardcover","title":"Black Heel Strings: A Choptank Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobin Michel Caudell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lyrical memoir, Robin Michel Caudell meditates on memory and identity as she traces her childhood in a Black family navigating poverty and racism on the Delmarva Peninsula. Many know Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman's exodus stories out of bondage in rural Maryland, but what about the people who stayed? It is from this place and history that Caudell's story begins. Growing up in the segregated 1960s, Caudell is the living legacy of the ones who did not run away and of the Free People of Color\/Christianized Indians who partnered with their enslaved brethren in a precarious dance of love in Chesapeake Country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe memoir's title references a physical anomaly, believed to be indicative of Indigenous ancestry, which skips generations among Caudell's Kellum kin. This trait is visible as a dark line that extends upward from the Achilles tendon, a visible link to her ancestry. An emotional odyssey, \u003ci\u003eBlack Heel Strings\u003c\/i\u003e weaves Caudell's adult and childhood memories into a vivid story that honors belonging, resilience, and recovery in her community and in this place.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn award-winning journalist and videographer, \u003cb\u003eRobin Michel Caudell\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer at the \u003ci\u003ePress Republican.\u003c\/i\u003e Her poetry has been anthologized in national and international publications. A native of Maryland's Eastern Shore, Caudell is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park and Goddard College. She is an alumna of Cave Canem, Gotham Writers Workshop, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. She served in the US Air Force and was a John L. Levitow Honor Graduate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.65 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52071676707117,"sku":"9780815611981","price":30.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/black-heel-strings-a-choptank-memoir-hardcover-2100760.webp?v=1780165565","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/black-heel-strings-a-choptank-memoir-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}