Latest Canlit Podcast Episodes
Episode 83 -Linda Villarosa, UNDER THE SKIN: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America
Black Market Reads - March 25, 2024 17:38 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this inaugural episode of Black Market Reads: On Health, Lissa Jones introduces her series co-host Bukata Hayes, Vice President and Chief Equity Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota. Together they welcome their guest Linda Villarosa, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist and contributor to the...
122 - Can't Lit - Tania De Rozario
Can't Lit - March 25, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSpring has sprung! And we have Tania De Rozario on the podcast to talk about her new collection of essays, Dinner on Monster Island as well as talking about horror as a conduit for feelings, loving ghosts, demons and phantoms and eating the rich. We also marvel at Rosie the wonderful podcast dog...
Episode 82 - Rose McGee, Can't Nobody Make a Sweet Potato Pie Like Our Mama
Black Market Reads - March 12, 2024 00:41 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode Lissa welcomes co-host Bukata Hayes as they explore the power of storytelling and the nourishment of soulful food with author Rose McGee. ROSE MCGEE, founder of Sweet Potato Comfort Pie, travels across the United States to deliver pies and nurture relationships. She was featu...
Episode 81- Dr.Keith Mayes, The Unteachables
Black Market Reads - February 28, 2024 16:22 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHow special education used disability labels to marginalize Black students in public schools The Unteachables examines the overrepresentation of Black students in special education over the course of the twentieth century. Excavating the deep-seated racism embedded in both the public school...
121 - Can't Lit - Dina & Jen - What's the Point?
Can't Lit - February 26, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHello listeners! Dina & Jen are chatting about stuff. Again! This time they're in conversation about the point. What is it? Like, really, what's the point? From writing in general, to specific projects to what they think the point of their own work might be they get down and dirty in the bog of ...
Episode 80 - Seph Rodney, The Personalization of the Museum Visit
Black Market Reads - February 13, 2024 16:06 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsMore About Seph Rodney Seph Rodney, PhD was born in Jamaica, and came of age in the Bronx, New York. He has an English degree from Long Island University, Brooklyn; a studio art MFA from the University of California, Irvine; and a PhD in museum studies from Birkbeck College, University of Lond...
Episode 79 - Rob Eschmann, When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age
Black Market Reads - February 07, 2024 23:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsFrom cell phone footage of police killing unarmed Black people to leaked racist messages and even comments from friends and family on social media, online communication exposes how racism operates in a world that pretends to be colorblind. In When the Hood Comes Off, Rob Eschmann blends rigorous...
120 - Can't Lit - Dina & Jen - Lies Writers Have Told Us
Can't Lit - January 29, 2024 08:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWelcome to 2024! WOW! Can you believe it? Feels like the future. Sort of. I don't even know. DIna and Jen catch up and talk about raccoons and aquatic mammals and dog poop! Then they get into the books and stuff by telling tales and discussing lies they've been told by other writers. The untruth...
Episode 78 - Tracy Clark, Fall (2nd in the Detective Harriet Foster series)
Black Market Reads - December 04, 2023 17:13 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTwo-time Sue Grafton Memorial Award-winner Tracy Clark introduces readers to FALL (Thomas & Mercer), a hard-boiled, page-turning thriller featuring Chicago Police Detective Harriet Foster, a Black woman in a male-dominated department who, with a new female partner, must stop a killer targeting...
119 - Can't Lit - Dina & Jen - CHAOS
Can't Lit - November 27, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsYes, it's true. We've been on an unplanned hiatus. But we're back and this episode is (basically) the chaos episode. We have no theme and we're talking about whatever we want! Britney, protests, IBS. This episode has it all! Listen now, if you dare!
Episode 77 - Jody Lulich, In the Company of Grace: A Veterinarian's Memoir of Trauma and Healing
Black Market Reads - October 17, 2023 18:17 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsRising to accept a prestigious award, Jody Lulich wondered what to say. Explain how he’d been attracted to veterinary medicine? Describe how caring for helpless, voiceless animals in his own shame and pain provided a lifeline, a chance to heal himself as well? Lulich tells his story in In the Co...
Episode 76 - Keith Ellison, Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence
Black Market Reads - October 16, 2023 20:51 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode, presented with a live audience in partnership with Magers & Quinn Booksellers, Lissa talks with Minnesota Attorney General and author, Keith Ellison, about his latest book detailing the trial of Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd exploring why this book i...
Episode 75 - Sherrie Fernandez-Williams, Goddess of the Whole Self
Black Market Reads - September 22, 2023 19:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode, Lissa talks with author Sherrie Fernandez-Williams about her latest book, Goddess of the Whole Self, inspirations and origin stories. Go Deeper at www.BlackMarketReads.com
Episode 74 - Davu Underwood Seru, The Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature and Life
Black Market Reads - August 30, 2023 20:11 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode Lissa sits down with Davu Underwood Seru, the newly appointed Curator of the Archie Givens Sr. Collection of African American Literature and Life at the University of Minnesota. This Collection includes novels, poetry, plays, short stories, essays, literary criticism, periodicals...
118 - Can't Lit - Nathan Whitlock
Can't Lit - August 28, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHello! If you love summer, like Dina, you're probably sad it's coming to a close sooner rather than later. If you hate summer, like Jen, you're probably relieved! But no matter what the season, Can't Lit is here for you. And this month we talk to the one and only, author and podcaster (authors a...
117 - Can't Lit - Some of Our Favourite Things
Can't Lit - July 31, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSummer is here and so are we! Dina and Jen get together IN PERSON! To catch up and chat about some of their favourite "books and stuff" things. Rosie is excited. They also talk about their health issues, the Barbie movie, Joyride, and why there should be pockets just for olives!
From the Archives: Rachel Howzell Hall
Black Market Reads - July 01, 2023 15:13 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this previously unpublished episode, Lissa talks with author Rachel Howzell Hall during her visit to the Loft's inaugural Wordplay Festival, exploring issues of crime and passion in her 2019 novel They All Fall Down (Forge Books). Rachel Howzell Hall is a noteworthy author from Los Angeles,...
116 - Can't Lit - Andrew F. Sullivan
Can't Lit - May 29, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHello listeners! We are here again with incredible guest, Andrew F. Sullivan! We love him, (and his dog and his wife) and his new novel, The Marigold. We talk about real estate monsters, writing horror, and so much more! We have a delightful time! And of course, your favourite Dina & Jen segment...
Episode 73 - Santi Elijah Holley, An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created
Black Market Reads - May 26, 2023 03:51 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode Lissa talks with Santi Elijah Holley about his book An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created. An enlightening history of the rise and lasting impact of Black liberation groups in America, as seen through the Shakurs, one of the movement’s most prominent and f...
115 - Can't Lit - Catherine Hernandez
Can't Lit - April 24, 2023 16:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHello! This month we finally got to live our dream and talk to the multi-talented and oh so wonderful, Catherine Hernandez! We talk about her new book, The Story of Us, writing with energy, untraditional families and narrators, talking like we're in a 1930s movie, style, and so much more! This e...
Episode 72 - Charlayne Hunter-Gault, My People
Black Market Reads - April 15, 2023 19:54 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsCharlayne Hunter-Gault is an American civil rights activist, journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, CNN, and the Public Broadcasting Service. Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were the first African-American students to attend the University of Georgia. In this...
114 - Can't Lit - Cody Caetano
Can't Lit - March 27, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHello! Spring is here, and so is a new episode with the wonderful Cody Caetano! We talk about his book, Half Bads in White Regalia, voice, structure and memoir, and some of the ways readers respond to memoir. We of course talk about Rosie, and Cody's beautiful cats! And there are emotions and r...
113 - Can't Lit - Emily Riddle
Can't Lit - February 27, 2023 23:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHello! This month we have the incredible writer, artist and library professional Emily Riddle! We talk about her wonderful poetry collection The Big Melt, tattoos, the importance of friendships, her luring people to Edmonton, and a lot of talk of snacks. As usual! There are some big laughs, and ...
Episode 71 - Shaun M. Anderson, The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement in the Age of #Black Lives Matter
Black Market Reads - February 27, 2023 23:25 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode Lissa talks with Dr. Shaun M. Anderson, about his debut publication The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement in the Age of #Black Lives Matter (Rowman and Littlefield, 2023). The Black Athlete Revolt is the first book to take a historical and contemporary look at ho...
Episode 70 - Pearl Cleage, Blues for an Alabama Sky
Black Market Reads - February 21, 2023 21:33 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode Lissa talks with playwright and author Pearl Cleage about Blues for an Alabama Sky, her current work and references to inspirations and influencers including Langston Hughes, Stacey Abrams, Ntozake Shange, Viola Davis, audience development and more. Blues for an Alabama Sky is ...
BONUS EPISODE: Dr. Clarence Lusane returns
Black Market Reads - February 14, 2023 16:44 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn celebration of Black History Month, Lissa was invited by Books and Books to interview Dr. Clarence Lusane about his recent work. Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy, (City Lights 2023). Join us for this in depth conversation. Link...
112 - Can't Lit - The Superfan Talk Show! Live!
Can't Lit - January 30, 2023 17:28 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHello listeners! And Happy New Year! This month we present a special treat: a recording of Jen's Vancouver launch of Superfan, at The Refinery on January 29th, 2023. Dina hosts, Jen reads, then Dina asks Jen some real hard hitting questions! And there are multiple special guests! Andrea Warner a...
111- Can't Lit - Live with Hannah McGregor!
Can't Lit - December 19, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHappy Holidays! We talk to friend of the podcast, Hannah McGregor about her new book, A Sentimental Education, and so much more! INCLUDING: Jen tells us her perfect lipstick application process Cocktail, weed and mushroom delivery The White Lotus (Jen's favourite characters might surpris...
Episode 69 - Wanda M. Morris, Anywhere You Run
Black Market Reads - November 25, 2022 16:42 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsDripping with Southern atmosphere and blistering suspense, Wanda M. Morris’ sophomore outing proves she is a “writer to watch” (Publishers Weekly). About ANYWHERE YOU RUN: It’s the summer of 1964 and three innocent men are brutally murdered for trying to help Black Mississippians secure the ...
Episode 68 - Dr. Clarence Lusane, Twenty Dollars and Change
Black Market Reads - November 10, 2022 13:13 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn Twenty Dollars and Change, Lusane offers a searing examination of what the fight to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the twenty-dollar bill reveals about race, class, and social justice in America today. Lusane gives voice to the millions of Americans who mobilized for the “Tub...
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