This week’s Corks and Conversation with Danny Gardner was a wild and fun ride!
Danny Gardner’s new book, Ace Boon Coon, is the second in his Elliot Caprice series which takes place in 1950’s Illinois.
Danny and Christie, from California and Florida, shared a Sancerre; Danny enjoyed a Jean-Jacque Auchère Sancerre, while Christie tried a Charles Debourge Sancerre. Cathi was more limited in her wine shopping options. To that, Danny joked:
“You know what South Dakota has? It has potential, that’s what it has. It’s going to have everything one day.”
In the conflicts that Elliot Caprice faces, Danny discussed how he wanted to show that black people go through the same everyday struggles in addition to the more publicized mistreatment and racism.
The story is set in the 1950’s, but feels modern. Danny talks about how there are patterns that continue across time and new stories can show these patterns without needing to be stereotypical or a remade classic.
Danny also shares his take on starting his own publishing house, Bronzeville Books.
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