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An Interview with Destiny O. Birdsong

Ashley speaks with Destiny O. Birdsong about her debut novel, NOBODY’S MAGIC. The conversation speaks on writing about Shreveport, sexuality, and intentionally writing about people with albinism.  Bookstores referenced Parnassus Books The Book Shop Kindred Stories  Books/short stories mentioned as Destiny’s inspiration: I AM A KNIFE by Roxane Gay SULA by Toni Morrison THE AWAKENING […]

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Feminist Finance for Small Business with Jamie Trull

Renee chats with her business finance coach Jamie Trull to discuss her feminist approach to small business finance. We promise it’s not nearly as scary as it sounds.  This is a replay of the Money Mindset webinar recorded liven March 2, 2022. Resources Mentioned:  Financial Fitness Basics Financial Fitness Formula Quiz: Your next steps to

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International Women’s Day: Pussy Riot and On a Night of a Thousand Stars

On this International Women’s Day, we’re discussing influential women not in the U.S. First, Renee walks us through Pussy Riot’s activism and how they have been a delicious thorn in Putin’s side for many years. Then, Mariquita reviews Andrea Yaryura Clark’s debut novel, On a Night of a Thousand Stars, and talks about how it

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Writing for Fun & Asian American Identities with Celena Chong

Niba chats (in person!) with Celena Chong. They talk about short form formats, being an Asian-American writer, and writing while maintaining a fulltime job! Celena’s writing: Honestfiction.substack.com https://honestfiction.substack.com/p/the-curious-case-of-my-asian-father https://honestfiction.substack.com/p/i-did-a-breakup-date-so-you-dont Book Mentioned:  The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Follow and support our host: Follow Niba: Twitter | Instagram |

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An Interview with Brit Bennett

Ashley speaks with author Brit Bennett about The Vanishing Half, which is available in paperback. In the conversation, they discuss colorism, banned books, and the process of writing her storied and exquisite novel.  Book Mentioned:  The Vanishing Half  The Mothers Follow and support our host: Follow Brit Bennet: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Website

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Exploring the Backlists: Black History Month Edition

Mariquita talks about some of her favorite backlist titles from Black authors, covering genres like non-fiction, humor, romance, mystery, sci-fi and more. There’s something for everyone to love. Book Mentioned:  We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby Please Don’t Sit On My Bed In Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson Everything’s Trash,

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An Interview with The First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid

Today we’ve got Eliza Reid aka the First Lady of Iceland talking to Natalia about her new book Secrets of the Sprakkar. They discuss what even is a sprakki, the way that Iceland’s made a collective decision to put gender equality first, where it has to go, and why blizzards are a no-go. We can’t

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The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I’ve had) with Sophie Santos

In this laugh out loud episode, Niba interviews Sophie Santos, author of the recently released memoir The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I’ve Had). Sophie Santos is a comedian, writer, and actor based in Brooklyn & LA. She’s written for TV shows on Bravo and MTV and currently hosts the satirical comedy

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The Chosen One: Author Interview with Echo Brown

In this episode, Niba interviews Echo Brown about her book, The Chosen One. Echo discusses her process throughout writing the book and what is to come in the future.  More about this book:  There are many watchers and they are always white. That’s the first thing Echo notices as she settles into Dartmouth College. Despite

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