Other Projects

Learn about other projects on the horizon for Lauret and read her newest op-eds and other writings:

Next Book
Follow Lauret as she embarks on her newest endeavor: “On the River’s Back: A History of Landscape and Mixed Heritage in the Chesapeake Tidewater and Piedmont.”

Op-Eds & Other Writings
In addition to her regular column contributions to Terrain.org, Lauret pens guest blog posts, op-eds, magazine articles, and more. Read on.

Willard W. Savoy 
On April 6, 1949, a young “Negro” published his first novel to great fanfare. The book deals with racial hatred and the decision of an embittered “mulatto” boy-becoming-a-man to “pass” or not in segregated America. This young man was my father, Willard Wilson Savoy.