<p>Thibault speaks with Charleston-based Andra Watkins, the New York Times best-selling author of “Not Without My Father.”&nbsp;</p> <p>Original airdate: April 16, 2020 in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project.</p> <p>Andra Watkins is the author of four&nbsp;books and counting. Her&nbsp;acclaimed first novel <em>To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis</em> was published by Word Hermit Press on March 1, 2014.&nbsp;<em>Not Without My Father: One Woman’s 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace</em>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;memoir about her dysfunctional family adventure; it is a National Book Award nominee and a <em>New York Times</em> bestseller.&nbsp;<em>Natchez Trace: Tracks in Time</em> is a book of photography, shot during her 15-mile daily hikes on her 444-mile Natchez Trace walk.</p> <p><br> <strong>Links</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="//andrawatkins.com">Andra Watkins&nbsp;website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/andrawatkins/?hl=en">Andra Watkins Instagram</a>&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mhfirstoak">Support Mental Health First Oakland</a>, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis.</li> <li>Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: <a href="https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault"><u><strong>https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault</strong></u></a>.&nbsp;</li> <li>Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts, and more using <a href="https://www.printful.com/a/439558:21dcfde983e01b407504421a1681684f"><u>Printful</u></a>.</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>About</strong><br> <br> Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus; and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences.&nbsp;</p> <p>Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad. &nbsp;Go here to sign up for her newsletter <a href="https://sarahthibault.com/about/"><u>https://sarahthibault.com/about/</u></a></p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/sarah_thibault">@sarah_thibault</a><br> Website: <a href="//artiststravel.space">artiststravel.space</a>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><br> Credits</strong></p> <p>Music composed &amp; performed by Ulysses Noë&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p>