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June 30, 2021 Arts + Culture » History

The Storyteller's Spell: Vermont Folklife Center to Publish 'Turner Family Stories'

By Dan Bolles and Ezra Veitch

Published June 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. | Updated October 11, 2022 at 3:43 p.m.

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Learn more about Turner Family Stories: From Enslavement in Virginia to Freedom in Vermont at vermontfolklifecenter.org.

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Tags: History, Cartoon Issue, Daisy Turner, slavery, Vermont Folklife Center

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About The Authors

Dan Bolles

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Bio:
Dan Bolles is the culture coeditor at Seven Days'. He has received numerous state, regional and national awards for his coverage of the arts, music, sports and culture. He loves dogs, dark beer and the Boston Red Sox.

Ezra Veitch

Bio:

Born in 1974, Ezra was raised with comics everywhere, thanks to his father, legendary Swamp Thing artist and writer Rick Veitch. Ezra's work includes The Chronicles of Templar, a collaboration with Edward Jendrzewski; and several projects with the Vermont Folklife Center, including The Most Costly Journey: Stories of Migrant Farmworkers in Vermont Drawn by New England Cartoonists and Turner Family Stories: From Enslavement in Virginia to Freedom in Vermont. A project based on his days in a band called the Fabulous Furry Fatheads is in early development. He lives in New Hampshire, teaches visual arts at the Greenwood School in Putney and enjoys time with his family. Learn more at ezraveitch.com.