This week, Emma sits down with Debra J. Stone to discuss The House on Rondo, just out from University Of Minnesota Press. In this coming-of-age story, a young girl reckons with the demolition of a Black Saint Paul neighborhood to make way for the Interstate in the early 1960s. As Zenobia gradually learns about what’s planned for the Rondo neighborhood and what this means for everyone who lives there, she discovers how her story is intertwined with the history of her family, all the way back to Great Grandma Zenobia.

The House on Rondo is available now: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517919306/the-house-on-rondo/

Air Date: November 18, 2025