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lenn Hinson,
chair of the curriculum in folklore, has been awarded the Chicago Folklore
Prize for his book Fire in My Bones: Transcendence and the Holy Spirit
in African American Gospel. The book focuses on a gospel service marking
the 20th singing anniversary of the Branchettes, a women’s duo at the
Long Branch Disciple Church in Newton Grove, N.C. Hinson is now helping
the Branchettes produce a CD of their music; he wrote the grant to fund
the production, helped choose the songs, and will follow them in the studio.
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