Our conversation this week is with Vivian Gibson. She's the author of 'The Last Children of Mill Creek' - a bestselling memoir about growing up in the 1950s in a segregated St. Louis neighborhood, a life-long entrepreneur, the Missouri Library Association's 2022 Missouri Author of the Year, a 2020 Missouri Humanities Council Literary Achievement Award winner, and most importantly, a child of Mill Creek in St. Louis, Missouri. In this episode we talk all about Vivian's memoir, why the story of Mill Creek is so important, writing the story you want to read, the lasting influence of her mother and father, the suprising connections people across the world have to her memoir, sharing Mill Creek through a child's eyes, how Vivian developed her self-definition and confidence, The Last Children making it on syllabi, and the continued fight for recognition and understanding of her home.  Location: Vivian's kitchen table | St. Louis, Missouri   Buy Vivian's book!  The Last Children of Mill Creek Check out Vivian's website: vivian-gibson.com Go see The Ross Family Exhibition at the Missouri History Museum  Watch & listen to Vivian's TED Talk, 'Deferred Storytelling' Visit Pillars of the Valley   Mentioned in this episode: Nikwasi Mound in Franklin, NC Cowee Mound Watauga Town Kituwah Mound Where's the Reservation? by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle Rondo Neighborhood in St. Paul, MN How Interstate 40 changed the face of Jefferson St. in Nashville, TN Toni Morrison Belt Publishing Historian Gwen Moore brings to life a largely untold part of St. Louis' past Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Harland Bartholomew: Destroyer of the Urban Fabric of St. Louis Protest Targets SLU Plan to Tear Down Former Mill Creek Valley Buildings Urban Renewal and Mill Creek Valley: Decoding The City  

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