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A Multi-Modal Study of Exquisite Blackness: Krista Franklin’s Too Much Midnight

  • Tatiana Johnson-Boria
  • September 17, 2021
In Franklin’s telling, we are not just born, but fervent in our existence.
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Exorcising Whiteness: Khalisa Rae’s Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat

  • Nicole Shawan Junior
  • May 7, 2021
Rae presents America as seen through Black girls’ eyes, experienced by our bodies.
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Black Motherhood as Literary Creation: Talking with Kaitlyn Greenidge

  • Liz Button
  • April 12, 2021
Kaitlyn Greenidge discusses her new novel, LIBERTIE.
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On Resilience, Tender Rituals, and Responsible Love: Talking with Kiese Laymon

  • April Blevins Pejic
  • March 15, 2021
Kiese Laymon discusses the revised HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA.
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Belonging Is Everything: Talking with Georgina Lawton

  • Donna Hemans
  • March 1, 2021
Georgina Lawton discusses her debut memoir, RACELESS.
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Complicating Unhelpful Binaries: Talking with Deesha Philyaw

  • Nia Norris
  • December 16, 2020
Deesha Philyaw discusses her debut story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
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Freedom Knows Who We Are: Talking with Kelly Harris-DeBerry

  • Erica L. Williams
  • December 7, 2020
Kelly Harris-DeBerry discusses her debut poetry collection, FREEDOM KNOWS MY NAME.
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Stories without Veils: Talking with Athena Dixon

  • Tonya Abari
  • November 30, 2020
Athena Dixon discusses her debut memoir-in-essays, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN.
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Identity as a Hall of Mirrors: Descent by Lauren Russell

  • Jesi Buell
  • October 7, 2020
This book is a marriage of the real world and the imagination, the nexus of nonfiction and fiction.
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Against Respectability: A Conversation with Raven Leilani

  • Monet Patrice Thomas
  • August 17, 2020
Raven Leilani discusses her debut novel, LUSTER.
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Hybrid by Nature: A Conversation with Tara Campbell

  • Hannah Grieco
  • July 29, 2020
Tara Campbell discusses her new book, POLITICAL AF: A RAGE COLLECTION.
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Bald-headed Muthaf*cker

  • Tahirah Alexander Green
  • May 19, 2020
Healing is slow. Fast. Slow again.
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