Tananarive Due's 'The Reformatory' Explores Family Tragedy in a Horror Novel

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Nov 20, 2023
Celebrated horror novelist Tananarive Due has a personal connection to the now-infamous Dozier School for Boys in Florida. Her great-uncle died at the school in the 1930s under suspicious circumstances. Based on that family history, Due crafted her novel, The Reformatory, which follows a young Black boy named Robert who's sent to the Gracetown School for Boys and has to learn how to survive such a violent place, as ghosts from the past haunt him. Due joins us to discuss.

 

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