Trinity Talks
A conversation with author James McBride
April 3, 2025
Author James McBride joins Trinity Talks to discuss themes explored in his New York Times bestselling novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. Set in a Depression-era Pennsylvania town, the book tells the stories of Black and immigrant Jewish residents who rally across lines of race and class to protect a deaf Black child from institutionalization. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store was named best book of the year by NPR, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, TIME Magazine, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.