Dawnie Walton Interview Author Talks New Book The Final Revival Of Opal And Nev
“When I was growing up, I loved that music, but I also had a curiosity about the things I didn’t know a lot about,” Walton says. “I was interested in things that felt cool and underground, in a way.” Bands such as the Cure, R.E.M., Sonic Youth—groups that definitely were cool and underground at the time, yes, but also casually considered “white” music. It was after attending Florida A&M, a historically Black university in Tallahassee, that Walton made an important realization, one that echoes percussively within the pages of her first novel....