Better Than the Movie: A Podcast About Books

This episode we're talking independently released books from Black female authors that run the gamut from romance to urban to work memoir to YA(ish). But first...the news! Articles discussed linked below:

Nappily Ever After on Netflix: https://shadowandact.com/netflix-unveils-poster-announces-premiere-date-for-film-adaptation-of-nappily-ever-after-starring-sanaa-lathan/

Victoria Christopher Murray + TD Jakes collaboration:

https://shadowandact.com/lifetime-partners-with-robin-roberts-for-original-movies-including-a-mahalia-jackson-film-orders-seven-deadly-sins-anthology-from-t-d-jakes

This Anna March malarkey: http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ca-jc-anna-march/
 

Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited and its relationship to publishing: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/07/amazon-kindle-unlimited-self-publishing/565664/

Hey hey! This episode is a special one because we got to talk about and to one of our favorite writers, Rachel Howzell Hall. We speak about her creative process, the dearth of Black female crime writers, and her love of Prince!

Links to news discussed in show:

Lambda Literary Awards

https://themillions.com/2018/06/2018-lambda-literary-awards-honor-lgbtq-literature.html

Laundromat Books

http://www.dailylocal.com/general-news/20180519/nonprofit-creates-libraries-at-laundromats

18 Black Music Month Reads

https://bookriot.com/2018/06/07/must-read-books-about-black-music/

A note from Jeanette: So guys...mea culpa, this show should have been out a couple of weeks ago, but I got slammed with life, which delayed the editing. So some of the things discussed herein are old news, but our takes are still pretty fresh, so yanno, balance. ;-) 

Today's show is pretty special. If you have been rocking with us from the beginning, you'll remember our very first episode was about the books of one Eric Jerome Dickey. Well friends, our little show has come full circle because we were afforded the opportunity to have a conversation with Mr. Dickey. We played it cool, but we were pretty excited! Hope you enjoy listening.

News stories discussed in the show:

FOLD Human Lit Library: http://thefoldcanada.org/

Pulitzer Winners: http://www.pulitzer.org/news/announcement-2018-pulitzer-prize-winners

GSK Killer Caught: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michellefabio/2018/04/25/true-crime-author-michelle-mcnamaras-legacy-sealed-with-arrest-in-golden-state-killer-case/#78495d32378a

8 Books You Should Read in April: http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/best-new-books-april-2018.html

Universal Fan Con: https://www.theroot.com/it-be-your-own-people-on-universal-fancon-and-the-perv-1825481924

This week we're discussing Gabrielle Union's memoir We're Going to Need More Wine. Articles discussed in news are below:

Junot Diaz on the legacy of childhood trauma: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/16/the-silence-the-legacy-of-childhood-trauma

New Generations of Black bookstores: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/76545-a-new-generation-of-african-american-owned-bookstores.html

Black bookstores directory: https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php

Laurie Hernandez's upcoming book: http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/04/laurie_hernandez_shes_got_this_picture_book_1.html

Aspen Words Literary Prize: http://www.aspenwords.org/programs/literary-prize/

RWA and the RITAs clusterfuck: https://www.rwa.org/p/bl/et/blogid=20&blogaid=2170

We're finally talking about An American Marriage by Tayari Jones! But first, we discuss this article in The Atlantic in which Tayari talks about writing a feminist article from a man's point of view: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/03/by-heart-tayari-jones/556010/ 

This week we're discussing Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere, but first...the news! Articles discussed below:

Prize for Thrillers with No Violence Against Women?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/26/staunch-prize-launched-for-thrillers-that-avoid-sexual-violence-against-women

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/31/staunch-prize-thrillers-no-violence-against-women-sophie-hannah?CMP=twt_books_b-gdnbooks

How to Make Money Self-Publishing Short Romance Novels on Amazon: https://www.makingsenseofcents.com/2018/02/make-money-writing-romance-novels.html

15 New Theatre-Related Reads Out This Spring: http://www.playbill.com/article/15-new-theatre-related-reads-out-this-spring

Lupita Nyong'o and Danai Gurira are adapting Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah for TV: https://www.avclub.com/lupita-nyongo-and-danai-gurira-are-adapting-chimamanda-1823405299
 

Thread bout there being more black book reviewers: https://twitter.com/brownbookworm/status/968614017790021635

In this episode we talk about a hodgepodge of items, culminating in a little rant about piracy & An American Marriage. Items discussed in this week's show:

Jesmyn Ward's Two Book Deal: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/76000-s-s-signs-jesmyn-ward-to-two-book-deal.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=9a5d492df5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-9a5d492df5-305326373

Tayari Jones' BIG news: http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/an-american-marriage-by-tayari-jones-oprahs-book-club-2018

Oh hai. It us. We back. Kickin' mad shit in ya ear for the new year. (I'm sorry for that.) We're talking reading, writing, and podcasting goals for 2018 in addition to the news stories below...

No more library fines for most young readers in L.A. County

WHAT TO READ WHEN 2018 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER 

Fred Bass, Who Made the Strand Bookstore a Mecca, Dies at 89

Jacqueline Woodson has been named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

Last of Philly's Black Owned Bookstores Making a Comeback