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Black & Published brings you the journeys of writers, poets, playwrights, and storytellers of all kinds to discuss what it means to be a writer, dissect the writing process, and demystify the steps between concept and publication.

há 6 dias

A Mirror or a Door with Terah Shelton Harris

Order The Seven Daughters of Dupree Today! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Terah Shelton Harris, author of the novel Where the Wildflowers Grow. It's a novel about a woman who grew up off the grid, finds herself incarcerated, and after a major accident is allowed the chance to rebuild her life thanks in no small part to a handsome man. In our conversation, Terah explains why she hates the term “smut” when it’s used to describe any book with sex on the page. Plus, why she made how to heal from complex grief, even without closure, the primary theme of her novel. Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episode: Mahogany Books Rate & Review Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform
25 de ago.

Bad Bitches Go Way Back in Time with Chet'la Sebree

Order The Seven Daughters of Dupree Today! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Chet'la Sebree, author of the travel memoir in essays, Turn Where: A Geography of Home. It’s a book that sent Chet’la wandering across the country and around the world asking the same three questions over and over again. In our conversation, Chet'la explains how the three questions provided a framework for the book. Plus, why the form of the essay allows her to be the most honest. And how her decision to parent as a single person gave her clarity in other areas of her life. Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episode: Rate & Review Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform Mahogany Books
18 de ago.

Patriarchy Has a Racist Flavor with Savala Nolan

Order The Seven Daughters of Dupree Today! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Savala Nolan, author of, Good Woman: A Reckoning. It’s a collection of 12 essays where Savala breaks down why she refuses all attributes ascribed to women by patriarchy, misogyny and capitalism that make them good. In an attempt at liberation. In our conversation, she explains how her training as a lawyer prepared her to write her books. Why she says she was more self-possessed with her publisher for her second book than her first. And in throwing off the good girl cape, Savala questions whether women, like men, should start paying for sex. Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episode: Rate & Review Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform Mahogany Books
11 de ago.

We're All Complicit with De'Shawn Charles Winslow

Order The Seven Daughters of Dupree Today! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with De'Shawn Charles Winslow, author of the novel, The Fervent Whites. It’s a Get Out-esque thriller set in the early 80s in upstate New York, with a secret about trans-racial adoption at the center of the novel that was inspired by De'Shawn’s own life. In our conversation he discusses how he’s changed his intention on who he writes for. And the reason that in a novel featuring well meaning white folks, a serial killer had to make an appearance. Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episode: Rate & Review Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform Mahogany Books
4 de ago.

Life is Mean with Rachel Howzell Hall

Order The Seven Daughters of Dupree Today! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Rachel Howzell Hall, author of the novel, Mist & Malice. It's book two in the Haven Thriller Series. The novel tackles major themes including race, class, and immigration status. In our conversation Rachel explains why as a California native it was time to discuss ICE in her work and how people are being hunted. Plus, the everyday cancers she says we ignore in our neighborhoods. Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episode: Rate & Review Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform Mahogany Books
28 de jul.

Rescuing History with Ashton Lattimore

Order The Seven Daughters of Dupree Today! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Ashton Lattimore, author of the novel, Runner. The novel explores prohibition era life on Martha’s Vineyard and the burgeoning cultural force that became the Harlem Renaissance between two women who will do anything to achieve their dreams, including risking their own lives. In our conversation, Ashton discusses why she enjoys exploring the full tapestry of the Black experience through highlighting class differences and the role respectability plays in keeping the main characters tethered to what they don’t want. Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episode: Rate & Review Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform Mahogany Books
21 de jul.

Coming of Womanhood with Amy DuBois Barnett

Order The Seven Daughters of Dupree Today! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Amy DuBois Barnett, author of the novel, If I Ruled the World. It’s a story Amy began during her tenure in corporate media, specifically working as an editor at several major magazines including ESSENCE, EBONY and as the Editor-in-Chief of Honey. Living the dream of becoming a novelist is something Amy’s wanted to do since she enrolled in an MFA program in her twenties. In our conversation she discusses, her circuitous route into magazine publishing, that ultimately brought her back to fiction. Why she believes it’s important for women to take themselves on small adventures. And what she believes is the true cost of ambition. Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episode: Mahogany Books Rate & Review Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform
14 de jul.

Black & Published LIVE! from the American Writers Festival

Order The Seven Daughters of Dupree Today! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha takes you to the American Writers Festival, held June 7, in Chicago where she did a live recording of the podcast with the authors Jabari Asim, Deborah D. Douglas, and Lonnae O’Neal. In their conversation they discuss, the importance of narrative repair, publishing in the current socio-political climate, and how they avoid being pigeonholed to write what they want. Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episode: Rate & Review Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform Mahogany Books

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A true treasure trove :)

03/09/2025

hannaheko

As a writer and teaching artist, this podcast is indispensable when it comes to finding illuminating interviews from real life authors. I truly enjoyed the insights and depth that comes through every episode. It truly made me want to write more.
The real conversations behind being Black and published!

19/03/2024

celeholmes1

Great show. Tons of insight into the process of writers and the difficulties of being published in a world that can still be very dismissive of our experiences. The guests are inspiring and the host asks all the right questions. If you’re a fan of prose, this show is for you.
Reinvigorating for Writers

24/05/2022

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I discovered this show a little under a month ago when I was in a sunken place with my writing. Black & Published is the equivalent of Oprah’s Super Soul, only for writers. Even when you feel like there’s nothing to learn from a guest, I am pleasantly surprised by how our journeys as writers of color are so different, yet somehow so the same. Each episode loans a teachable moment or take away from. As I listen I feel optimistic that my true literary tribe is out there, waiting on me to take my place in the Black & Published community. Each week Nikesha manages to motivate me to push forward so I can one day be on an episode, I’m already rehearsing my answers. Five stars isn’t enough!
What a great show!

11/03/2022

Ms. Meltingpot

This is a great show for readers and writers. Nikesha asks great questions and lets the guests tell their full stories. I always feel a little bit smarter after listening and a little bit more inspired to get my novel done already!

Black & Published brings you the journeys of writers, poets, playwrights, and storytellers of all kinds to discuss what it means to be a writer, dissect the writing process, and demystify the steps between concept and publication.