Granite State Stories - "Trailerpark" by Russell Banks

Banks' 1981 book explores the lives of the men and women who live in the fictional Granite State Trailerpark. They are widowers, divorcees, a black woman, a drug dealer, a homosexual... all outcasts in Banks' New Hampshire who together form their own community. For our final installment of Granite State Stories we’ll explore who the disenfranchised are today in New Hampshire through the pages of Russell Banks' "Trailerpark". This show will broadcast live at the Political Library Reading Room at the State Library Building in Concord. Admission is free and open to the public. Laura's guests are Russell Banks, author of 17 books including "Trailerpark" and David Watters, Professor of English at the University of New Hampshire and Director of its Center for New England Culture. David was also one of two project humanists for Granite State Stories.