Black Chick Lit
106 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsBlack Chick Lit is a bi-monthly podcast that talks books by and about black women.
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BCL Chat: Our Favorite Diverse Kid Lit Titles
November 04, 2019 14:26 - 1 hour - 131 MBHey, readers! In this month’s episode we discuss the perilous world of shopping for diverse children’s books. We’re overwhelmed by how much there is to consider with presenting children with authentic representation of people of color: When was the first time we saw ourselves in literature? Does it matter who writes and/or illustrates the book? How well do books handle interracial families or inter-community topics like colorism? And is it cheating to just buy your kid a book about a bear? (...
Episode 32: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
September 25, 2019 11:45 - 1 hour - 219 MBThe kids are back in school and we revisit a childhood favorite: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor. And, whew, boy! Ms. Taylor aimed to teach the kids the truth about racism and she went above in beyond to do so. This book had lynch mobs, roving Klansmen and three men being burned alive. The big question is, how were either of us able to read this as kids and not be traumatized? Also, why did Stacey remain friends with the shifty-ass T.J.? And why was Papa Logan so quick to th...
BCL Chat: YouTube and Black Booktubers
August 26, 2019 14:31 - 1 hour - 169 MBWe try to talk Booktube and get distracted by our general distrust of social media. Inspired by the HuffPost piece titled "Where Are All the Black Booktubers?," we decided to investigate the question ourselves. What we found wasn't that surprising: Plain ol' racism is keeping many Black booktubers from thriving. Naya, of Naya Reads and Smiles (the largest channel lead by a black booktuber), also spoke on the issue in her own video. The disparity between White booktubers and Black booktubers...
Episode 31: They All Fall Down
August 12, 2019 14:49 - 1 hour - 191 MBHappy August, readers! This month, we wanted a light beach read to help us make it through these remaining dog days of summer. Instead, we got a wild And Then There Were None-inspired murder fest where a man gets boiled alive in a hot tub. Fun. We read They All Fall Down, by Rachel Howzell Hall, and it's full to the brim of assholes. We read as an equally asshole-y lawyer lures them to a tropical paradise where they're cut down one by one. There are guns, cocaine, poisonous sushi and, deadl...
BCL Chat: Your Most Anticipated 2019 Reads
July 21, 2019 19:46 - 1 hour - 153 MBHappy July! It's a chattier chat than usual as we dig into some book news from around Twitter and the business pages. Angie Thomas kicks off Twitter controversy by ... asking not to be tagged in reviews? Microsoft shut down its ebook service, meaning customers who bought books through that service lost them. This is a good reminder to us all that we don’t actually own our ebooks. Loud, ignorant people on the internet are mad that Halle Bailey got a job as Ariel in Disney's The Little Merm...
Episode 30: The Wedding Date
June 28, 2019 12:30 - 2 hours - 251 MBThis is the last time we talk about this book and this author. That's a promise. We invite our friends from Mocha Girls Read for a special episode. We briefly talk about that crazy YA author who now has a book deal before digging into Jasmine Guillory's The Wedding Date. Spoiler alert: We're all kinds of confused. What does Drew actually look like? What happened to Alexa to make her so stupid? Do these characters ever eat a vegetable? We don't answer any of 'em, but we give it a try. Follo...
BCL Chat: Who Are Your Favorite Indie Authors?
June 21, 2019 14:50 - 1 hour - 138 MBWe're celebrating the little guys (well, gals, tbh) this episode as we discuss your favorite indie authors. Before that, we talk some book news. People keep coming for libraries, and this time it was in the dumbest way possible. Rare Bird is being sued by Natasha Tynes for $13 MILLION and their lawyer found time in his day to send this response. And finally, The Atlantic came for the Goodreads Challenge. Thanks to everyone who replied to our #BCLChat. Check out the authors and books we dis...
Episode 29: American Spy
May 31, 2019 12:15 - 1 hour - 164 MBHey, readers! We embrace our inner conspiracy theorists with our latest read, American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson. It's got everything you'd expect from a spy novel: Cold War politics, assassination attempts, missing sisters and a white dude named Ross. Listen in as we discuss this unexpected piece of African history fanfic. We also talk about Family Matters, Jaleel White's supposedly shady past and that scene from In the Heat of the Night where Sidney Poitier slapped a racist white dude. (It'...
BCL Chat: Do You Reread Books?
May 17, 2019 13:48 - 1 hour - 186 MBHey, readers. We've got another chat for you. This time, we wanted to know if y'all reread books and why. Before we get to that, however, we chat about that messy author who got in trouble for snitching, BookRiot's unusually bad romance take and whether or not it's a good idea to tag authors in negative reviews. (Tbh, I feel like that first story should answer that question. Don't be rude to people on social media, 'cause that shit can come back to bite you bad.) We also unload all our Ave...
Episode 28: "My Sister, the Serial Killer"
April 26, 2019 02:41 - 1 hour - 188 MBWe get back to our literary fiction roots and read Oyinkan Braithwaite's debut novel, My Sister, the Serial Killer. This book has it all: love triangles, jealousy and, cake. Surprisingly, not a whole lot of murder. Listen in as we try to figure out just how crazy this family is. (Spoiler: We do kind of love the titular sister; she truly doesn't give a fuck.) Also in this episode, Dani shares her adventures from KissCon in Chicago, Mollie confirms that A Goofy Movie is still the best Disney ...
BCL Chat: #RitasSoWhite and Your Unpopular Book Opinions
April 04, 2019 14:22 - 2 hours - 246 MBThis is our most scandalous episode yet. We discuss the month's biggest controversies and OMG! moments, including #RITAsSoWhite, #BagelGate and Shangela. Who exactly is RITA and what's her problem? Why aren't authors of color getting the shine they deserve? Why can't the RWA just set fire to the whole award season? We try our best to answer these questions, but tbh, we don't come away satisfied. Here are some of the resources we mentioned during the episode: Bronwen Fleetwood's PowerPoint p...
Episode 27: "Children of Blood and Bone"
March 19, 2019 11:40 - 2 hours - 256 MBBring the lemon and sugar, 'cause we got the tea. This month, we read Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi and we couldn't help but notice how similar this book is to Avatar: The Last Airbender. A pair of plucky but poor siblings — one magic and one not? Check. A handsome young prince who's tormented by his father and who just wants to do right? Check. An evil regime? A magical summer solstice? A giant fluffy flying thing? Check. Check. Check. Needless to say, we didn't love it. (But...
BCL Chat: A Chat with Beverly Jenkins
March 01, 2019 02:49 - 1 hour - 116 MBIt's finally here! We got to speak with the Queen of Black Historicals herself, Beverly Jenkins, and it was a blast. It's easy to see where Loreli's feistiness comes from. We ask her about her place in the romance genre, her writing process and her personal opinions of men with mustaches. (Spoiler alert: She's #TeamStache.) We also learn what she's currently working on and what she hopes to achieve in the future. (We had a slight technical glitch at 44:10. We apologize for the loss of Ms. ...
Episode 26: "A Chance At Love"
February 15, 2019 04:44 - 2 hours - 262 MBHappy Valentine’s Day, listeners! Love is in the air! It’s our annual romance episode, and this year, we’re reading the Slayer of Words herself: Ms. Beverly Jenkins. We read Dani’s favorite Jenkins’ novel, A Chance at Love. (Or as Mollie titled it, The Education of Jake Reed.) There are precocious children, farm animal hijinks and a marriage of convenience that ends up causing more problems than it solves. It’s basically a black historical rom-com, and we loved it. We dig into it all, as w...
BCL Chat: Our 2019 Resolutions
February 01, 2019 19:03 - 1 hour - 152 MBHappy New Year! Our first episode of 2019 is a chatty one as we share our 2019 reading and writing resolutions, as well as our goals for the podcast. We also get into the increasing bougieness of the Oscars, our love-hate relationship with the Goodreads Challenge and a number of Instascams (including Fyre Festival). Listen in and share your reading resolutions with us at @blackchicklit. February is Romance month, and this year, we’re finally reading Beverly Jenkins, a.k.a. the Slayer of Wo...
Episode 25: "Addicted," Part 2
January 19, 2019 04:23 - 2 hours - 260 MBWe're back for round two of Zane's Addicted, and the second half is as incomprehensible as the first. We wrap up Urban Fic January with the second half of our discussion of this "erotic" book, and things are problematic, to say the least. The storyline touches on rape, molestation and murder, and none of those topics are handled well. Want a fun drinking game? Count how many times we say the words "gross" and "unsexy." Your liver will hate us. If you're interested in seeing the rest of ...
Episode 25: "Addicted," Part 1
January 12, 2019 01:51 - 2 hours - 236 MBThis is it, y'all. This is the episode that broke us. It's January. You know what that means. Time for new year's resolutions, crash diets and Urban Fic month at Black Chick Lit. This year, we read Zane's Addicted and raised questions we'd never thought to ask. Has anyone ever been turned on by a mural? Is a human penis sensitive enough to feel a maxi pad through a pair of stirrup pants? Why would anyone add nacho cheese sauce to a blow job? Brace yourselves because we try and fail to ans...
BCL Chat: We’re So Done with You, 2018
December 29, 2018 00:43 - 1 hour - 88 MB2018 was both the longest and the shortest year imaginable. We saw Black Panther . We mocked the Tide-Pod Challenge. And we read books. So many books. In this episode, we look back at our year of reading and talk about the good, the bad and the very disappointing. We talk about why we may be done with the Saga series, share some behind-the-scenes secrets about the Whiskey & Ribbons episode and try and figure out just what the hell a “womanly fold” is. (Spoiler alert: It’s exactly what you t...
Episode 24: The Good House
December 07, 2018 11:00 - 30 minutes - 117 MBWe're back! And just in time to miss Halloween. Life happened, one of us lost a computer and we got a bit behind on posting our latest episode. Hopefully, you all are still feeling a creepy this fall and a ready to dig into Tananarive Due's The Good House. This is a big book with a lot going on, but we're able to dig into Due's great writing style, our favorite and least favorite characters, and just where in the world we think this book takes place. For our next episode, we're lookin...
BCL Chat: 20 Questions with Black Chick Lit
October 19, 2018 17:30 - 1 hour - 144 MBThis month, we decided to ask ourselves a few of our own questions: What are our goals for the podcast? How did we meet? What’s our favorite Powerline song? (Spoiler alert: It’s “Stand Out.”) Get to know Dani and Mollie a bit better and listen in to this extra chatty BCL Chat episode. Join us next time when we read The Good House by Tananarive Due. Do you have a suggestion for a future #BCLChat? Email us at [email protected]. And don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe to Black ...
Episode 23: Meet Addy
September 20, 2018 13:53 - 1 hour - 127 MBWe were feeling nostalgic, so this month, we decided to go back and check out our favorite kid lit titles. And if you were a little girl who loved books in the 90s, you loved the American Girl series. ----more---- We read the first three books of the Addy series — from her enslavement on a North Carolina plantation to her eventual escape to freedom in Philadelphia. And boy, did our girl struggle. All the time. Like, this child never got a break. This children’s series touched on all matte...
BCL Chat: Kid Lit and EyeSeeMe Interview
August 30, 2018 16:27 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBAugust is our birthday month! It’s been two years of nonsense, and we’re thankful you’ve stuck it out with us. ----more---- This year, we decided to celebrate by embracing our inner child. We talked to Pamela and Jeffrey Blair, the owners and founders of EyeSeeMe, St. Louis’ first all African-American children’s bookstore. If you’re a parent looking to get your child reading, a teacher hoping to provide more diverse literature options to your students or an independent author looking to...
Episode 21: Bingo Love
August 05, 2018 00:45 - 1 hour - 163 MBThis is our chattiest episode yet. Before we dig into our book talk, we find out the ending of #cockygate, fangirl over Beverly Jenkins tweets and do a quick survey of popular books we have — and haven’t — read. Don’t worry, we find time to discuss Bingo Love, by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge and Joy San. ----more---- Pop in around the 40-minute mark to hear us analyze Elle and Hazel’s romance, as well as try and figure out what Jake’s big secret is. (Also, what’s going on with his wonky col...
BCL Chat: What Books Are you Looking Forward in 2018?
July 11, 2018 15:53 - 1 hour - 114 MBWe told you we'd be asking this question again. It's our favorite and you all always deliver some awesome recommendations. ----more---- Before we dig into them, though, we spend some time discussing the trailer for the upcoming The Hate U Give movie, Laura Ingalls Wilder's messiness and a bunch of surveys. We also share some follow-up information from Leesa Cross-Smith, the author of our previous pick, Whiskey & Ribbons. Thanks to @shortiegirl44, @lilpocketbooks, @Everywoman98, @MonlatRead...
Episode 21: Whiskey & Ribbons
June 26, 2018 19:48 - 1 hour - 118 MBWe're back from our unplanned summer break and ready to discuss Leesa Cross-Smith's Whiskey & Ribbons. Like ogres and onions, this book's got LAYERS and we dig into 'em. ----more---- Why is everyone keeping secrets from Loretta? Why is Evangeline so annoying in Eamon's POV? And what the hell is Frances' whole deal? Along with discussion of the book, we talk #cockygate and copyright law, Michelle Obama's upcoming memoir (or is it autobiography?) and the stress Stephen King's reflections on...
Episode 21: Whiskey & Ribbons
June 26, 2018 19:48 - 1 hour - 118 MBWe're back from our unplanned summer break and ready to discuss Leesa Cross-Smith's Whiskey & Ribbons. Like ogres and onions, this book's got LAYERS and we dig into 'em. ----more---- Why is everyone keeping secrets from Loretta? Why is Evangeline so annoying in Eamon's POV? And what the hell is Frances' whole deal? Along with discussion of the book, we talk #cockygate and copyright law, Michelle Obama's upcoming memoir (or is it autobiography?) and the stress Stephen King's reflections on...
Episode 20: "This Will Be My Undoing"
March 09, 2018 02:55 - 1 hour - 82.2 MBWe discuss some big topics this episode: colorism, what it means to be a black woman and the possible criminal actions of Steve Urkel. ----more---- Listen in as we talk about This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins, share our current reads and lament the lack of black sit-coms. As always, follow us on Twitter at @blackchicklit to take part in the next #BCLChat. With all the great black representation happening...
BCL Chat: What Are Your Reading Resolutions?
March 03, 2018 05:36 - 59 minutes - 27.8 MBTime for another BCL Chat. We asked you all to share your reading resolutions, and an overwhelming number of you shared that this year you aim to read more books written by women and by people of color. ----more---- A lot of ya'll are also big on personal development. You're doing better than us. We've pretty much given up on that. Thanks to everyone who shared! Got a question you’d like to see discussed? Email us at [email protected]. And don’t forget to rate, review and subscri...
Episode 19: “The Coldest Winter Ever”
January 19, 2018 17:45 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBIn the last episode, you may have heard us officially declare January Black Chick Lit’s Urban Fic Month. Last year, we read This Could Be Us, But You Playin’. And it was terrible. Just godawful. So, this year we decided to try a tried-and-true classic. Published in 1999, Sister Souljah’s The Coldest Winter Ever is heralded as the grandmother of the urban fic movement. (more…)
Episode 18: We’re Finally Done with 2017
December 29, 2017 18:15 - 2 hours - 55.9 MB2017 was a long, hard year for the both of us, so we avoided it by reading a bunch of books. Join us for a double-length episode where we discuss all the titles we read — not just the ones for the podcast. We share favorites, rant about the ones that had us going “WTF!?,” and finish up with our podcast goals for 2018. Heads up: There are major spoilers for Liane Moriarty’s The Husband’s Secret at 29:50 and Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You at 33:47. You’re clear of spoilers at 36:14....
Episode 17: “A Hope Divided”
December 08, 2017 15:30 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBAfter a touch of the flu and one nervous breakdown, we finally got around to discussing Alyssa Cole’s new release, A Hope Divided. This is the second book in Cole’s Loyal League series; check out the previous episode where we chat about the first book, An Extraordinary Union. (more…)
BCL Chat: Has a Book Ever Changed Your Life?
November 12, 2017 05:01 - 58 minutes - 27.5 MBHappy fall, y’all. It’s time for another BCL Chat. We asked you if a book has ever changed your life. Thanks to @ClassyGreen, @WilliamsDebbieD and @OnlySharaeRae for submitting their responses. (more…)
Episode 16: "Sing, Unburied, Sing"
October 23, 2017 22:56 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBJesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing is full of heartbreak. And ghosts. And vomit. But mostly heartbreak. That’s probably why it took both of us a full month to finish it. It was worth it, though. Listen in as we break down the plot, voice and themes in this beautiful book. (more…)
BCL Chat: Are You Doing NaNoWriMo?
October 07, 2017 20:55 - 50 minutes - 23.4 MBIt’s time for your monthly BCL Chat. This month we asked you if you’d be attempting NaNoWriMo (that is, National Novel Writing Month). You all overwhelmingly replied “prolly not.” (more…)
Episode 15: “Bluebird, Bluebird”
September 12, 2017 09:14 - 1 hour - 23.9 MBJinkies! We read a mystery and, boy, was it a doozy. There’s homicidal rage, alcoholism and then at some point, we actually got around to discussing the book. Attica Locke’s Bluebird, Bluebird takes readers into the heart of a small rural Texas town where two murders have shaken up the local community. Listen in for a passionate discussion involving dumb criminals, court procedures and Scooby-Doo. The first part of our discussion is spoiler-free. So listen in and be sure to check out Blueb...
BCL Chat: What New Release Are You Most Excited About?
September 01, 2017 17:15 - 42 minutes - 10.2 MBWe’ve been busy y’all. (more…)
Episode 14: “Hunger”
August 18, 2017 07:46 - 1 hour - 20.1 MBWe recorded this episode the same day as the Charlottesville attacks and, boy, could you tell. We have no patience this week for racism, rape culture and body hatred. (Or for checking our own audio, apparently. Sorry, yo.) We funnel that frustration into a discussion of Roxane’s Gay Hunger. Listen in as we talk (and try to deal with) rape culture, harmful reality TV shows and America’s overall wretchedness in 2017. (Note: While we don’t go into detail, we do discuss the themes raised in th...
BCL Chat: Book Buying with Special Guest Alysia of Mocha Girls Read
August 05, 2017 23:10 - 1 hour - 16 MBThis episode, we’re joined by Alysia, founder of Mocha Girls Read. She shares how she started her popular book club, how it has grown, and her own thoughts on book buying. Thanks to all of you who shared you got your books! We got more responses to this question than any other BCL Chat. Join us as we live-tweet the first two episodes of OWN’s Queen Sugar at 6 p.m. PDT/8 CDT Saturday, Aug. 19. Read up and join us for our next episode when we discuss Roxane Gay’s Hunger.
Episode 13: “We Are Never Meeting in Real Life”
July 20, 2017 06:51 - 1 hour - 38.6 MB2017’s been hard. We didn’t make things any better by reading Beloved. We needed some cheering up, so we decided to read Samantha Irby’s darkly funny We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. Listen in for a discussion of Midwestern college life, evil cats and Dani’s aversion to strangers’ bodily fluids. Next month, read up and tune in when we discuss Hunger, by Roxane Gay. And don’t forget to share your thoughts in the next bonus episode. We want to know: How do you acquire the books you read...
BCL Chat: What’s Your Favorite Adaptation?
June 28, 2017 20:43 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBAs we prep for our first birthday celebration (whoop! whoop!), we asked you what your favorite adaptation of a book was. We share your responses, and also have a really passionate discussion about how everyone has been messing up lately. Listen in! Thanks to @thisonevanessa, @chanellshorter, @charelliam, @LocPressedBooks, @ellisromance and @Everywoman98 for taking part in this month’s chat! Don’t forget: We’re celebrating our first birthday with the lovely ladies at @MochaGirlsRead! We’re ...
Episode 12: “Beloved”
June 14, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour - 39 MBWe finally did it, y’all. We finally read Beloved, the literary classic we should’ve read in high school. Better late than never, right? And after all that hullabaloo, what did we think of it? It was depressing af. Join us as we try and figure out if Stamp Paid/Baby Suggs were a Thing, debate if Beloved was a legit ghost and make a special announcement: We’re celebrating our first birthday with special episode and live-tweet movie night with Mocha Girl Reads. Visit us on Twitter to vote on ...
BCL Chat: Tell Us Your Book Shame
May 31, 2017 16:00 - 53 minutes - 25.1 MBIt’s confession time: We asked you what book you should have read but haven’t yet. The majority of you all said The Underground Railroad. But there were more titles. So many more titles. Tune in to hear what else y’all said you need to read on the latest bonus episode of Black Chick Lit. Thanks to @LocPressedBooks, @BangBangBooks, @Everywoman98, @IamTammiJ, @_Jayla_Rodgers, @MochaGirlReads, @fairlyliterary and @Author_DLWhite. Got a topic you want us to discuss? Follow us on @blackchickli...
Episode 11: “The Hate U Give”
May 17, 2017 15:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBThis is it: Mollie and Dani finally dig into YA. We read the hottest new release in the book world’s hottest genre: The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas. We loved this novel inspired by the “Black Lives Matter” movement. We’re still not sure how we feel about YA, though. So many teenagers. Get ready as we discuss Tumblr, Tupac and whether or not ’00s kids care about ’90s R&B.
BCL Chat: What Was Your First Book Love?
May 05, 2017 08:19 - 40 minutes - 19.1 MBIf anyone asks, we delayed this episode because we knew you’d need something to get you through the travesty that was the ChumpCare vote today. You’re welcome. In this episode of the podcast, we wanted to know your first book. What made you the type of person to listen to two strangers talk books on the Internet? We share rate your responses, make enemies with cab drivers and (somehow) share our first period stories. Trust us, it makes sense in context. Thanks to @charelliam, @whoaske...
Episode 10: “An Extraordinary Union”
April 13, 2017 20:05 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBThis episode, we switch genres and talk love, sex and awkward adjectives as we discuss Alyssa Cole’s new release, An Extraordinary Union. Mollie decides that romance just has too many emotions for her liking while Dani shares her four requirements for a satisfying romance. Listen in and share your thoughts by tweeting us at @blackchicklit. Links ‘Me Before You’ Criticized For Its Portrayal Of Disability, Huffington Post Twitter thread on requirement of HEA in romance Books Mentioned i...
BCL Chat: What’s Up with Whitewashed Book Covers?
April 05, 2017 18:43 - 38 minutes - 54.2 MBWe’re back for another bonus episode. This week, we asked you all to share your experiences — either as a reader or a writer — with whitewashed book covers. We shared your responses and talked over some recent ones that have occurred in books and film. Join us for the discussion. Thanks to @LocPressedBooks and @diancalondon for their awesome replies. Got a topic you want us to discuss? Follow us on @blackchicklit and tweet us up!
Episode 9: “Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation”
March 29, 2017 16:45 - 1 hour - 37.6 MBWe read the recently released Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Octavia Butler, Damian Duffy and James Jennings. Mollie (finally!) gets the opportunity to school us all on what defines a graphic novel while Dani drinks in the background. Listen in and share your thoughts by tweeting us at @blackchicklit. Links: ‘Kindred’ Artist John Jennings Talks About Adapting Octavia Butler in Comic Form, by Noah Berlatsky How John Jennings and Damian Duffy Transformed Octavia Butler’s Kindred i...
BCL Chat: What Book Must Every Black Woman Read?
March 22, 2017 07:33 - 36 minutes - 51.3 MBSchool, work, birthdays. Life hit us hard, y’all. Octavia Butler’s Kindred is next on our schedule and we’re recording this week. To make up for the loooonnnnnnng delay, we’ve got our first-ever bonus episode! Earlier this month, we asked you what books should every black woman read. We want to hear from you! What book should every black woman read? #BCLchat — Black Chick Lit (@blackchicklit) March 2, 2017 Join us for a messy, wine-inspired episode where we discuss the titles you said ...
Episode 8: “Binti” and “Binti: Home”
February 22, 2017 07:11 - 1 hour - 38.3 MBThis episode is a two-for-one special. We read both Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti and Binti: Home. Listen in for a discussion about diversity in sci-fi, the power of lotion and Steven Universe. We promise it all makes sense in context. Got a book you think we should check out? Tweet us at @blackchicklit. Also, be sure to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes. Links: “On that Rabid Puppies thing and my Hugo Award-winning novella Binti,” Nnedi’s Wahala Zone Blog “The Pixar Theory of Labor,” theawl...
Episode 7: “There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé”
February 01, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour - 37 MBDid you know only 6.7 percent of Americans have read poetry in the past 12 months? We’ve joined these exclusive few and sit down to discuss Morgan Parker’s There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé. It moved us, y’all. So much so, that we’ve declared that this year’s going to be “blacker than ever.” Got a book you think we should check out? Tweet us at @blackchicklit. Also, be sure to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes. Links: “Poetry is going extinct, government data show,” The Wa...