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Tahmeka’s Literary Heart and Literary Brain Have A Conversation

http://www.documentjournal.com/article/junot-diaz-and-toni-morrison


A Joy Luck Club TV Show

http://blog.angryasianman.com/2017/05/a-joy-luck-club-television-series-is-in.html


Well Read Black Girl Conference Kickstarter

http://www.themillions.com/2017/06/well-read-well-written.html


Why Literary Journals Don’t Pay

http://www.themillions.com/2017/05/why-literary-journals-dont-pay.html

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This week Jeanette and Tahmeka are discussing the world of indie publishing and highlighting some folks for y’all to check out. Articles Discussed in News: Books for Girls, About Girls https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/17/childrens-books-for-girls-publishers-writers-gender-imbalance Big Little LIes http://www.avclub.com/article/murder-only-one-big-little-lies-many-mysteries-252304 Kerry Washington, Warner Bros. to Adapt 'The Mothers': http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-bros-kerry-washington-adapt-mothers-984828?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral Chimamanda and the Trans Community http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-adichie-transgender-20170313-story.html Her New Book: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/books/chimamanda-ngozi-adiche-dear-ijeawele.html Books N Bros’ 11-year-old founder wants to help boys love reading at an age when they often don’t: http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/books-n-bros-11-year-old-founder-wants-help-boys-love-reading-age-when-they-often-don-t#stream/0 Authors Highlighted: Constance Burris: https://www.amazon.com/Constance-Burris/e/B00P42MYIU  Renaldo Christopher: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&text=Renaldo+Christopher&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Renaldo+Christopher&sort=relevancerank DL White: https://www.amazon.com/DL-White/e/B00RM4Q3J4 Alexandra Warren: https://www.amazon.com/Alexandra-Warren/e/B00U6XWUYA Love Belvin: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Belvin/e/B00CZDLZO0 Té Russ: https://www.amazon.com/T%C3%A9-Russ/e/B008HSBE34 Danielle Allen: https://www.amazon.com/Danielle-Allen/e/B00JT0JUZS Indie Love in the A Event Info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indie-love-in-the-atl-2017-tickets-28541142325

We're back! And talkin' books... Articles discussed in news section below: Simon & Schuster + That Milo Dudeguy: http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-yiannopoulos-book-deal-20170104-story.html The Millions Most Anticipated of 2017: http://www.themillions.com/2017/01/most-anticipated-the-great-2017-book-preview.html In 2017, publishing really needs a blockbuster: http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-publishing-2017-story.html

Friend of the show Ashley stops by to give us some recommendations on (mostly) nonfiction titles regarding race relations. White Rage - Carol Anderson: http://amzn.to/2fznsAg More Beautiful and More Terrible - Imani Perry: http://amzn.to/2fNrIRQ The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander: http://amzn.to/2fNoLk2 Southern Horrors and Other Writings; The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells - Ida B. Wells & Jacqueline Jones Royster : http://amzn.to/2fVAxbB Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography - Clifton Crais and Pamela Scully: http://amzn.to/2ePOseO The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration - isabel Wilkerson: http://amzn.to/2ftZyY8 Men We Reaped - Jesmyn Ward: http://amzn.to/2eH6Zww Passing - Nella Larsen: http://amzn.to/2ey2eC4 Stories discussed in news: Claudia Rankine using MacArthur Genius grant to create an institute to study whiteness & its influence on culture: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/19/claudia-rankine-macarthur-genius-grant-exploring-whiteness Paul Beatty Wins Man Booker Prize With ‘The Sellout’: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/business/media/paul-beatty-wins-man-booker-prize-with-the-sellout.html?_r=0 Take a look: A 'Reading Rainbow' in the digital age: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/80774b3a6e1a4f058cc8e2c7f98a397a/take-look-reading-rainbow-digital-age Papercuts: A Party Game for the Rude and Well-Read: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/electriclit/papercuts-a-party-game-for-the-rude-and-well-read

This is a new episode of Better Than the Movie. Stories discussed in news: Lil Wayne Memoir: http://www.vulture.com/2016/09/lil-wayne-rikers-island-journal.html?mid=twitter_vulture There’s a Word for Buying Books and Not Reading Them: http://www.ozy.com/acumen/theres-a-word-for-buying-books-and-not-reading-them/71898?utm_source=MF&utm_medium=pp&utm_campaign=pp Amazon Prime Members Can Read All They Want For Free: http://www.brit.co/score-amazon-prime-members-can-read-all-they-want-for-free/?utm_content=buffer3d909&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Sarah Jessica Parker and Ta-Nehisi Coates, on New Literary Paths: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/t-magazine/entertainment/sarah-jessica-parker-sjp-hogarth-tanehisi-coates-black-panther.html?_r=0 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Says Her Feminism Is Different Than Beyoncé's Feminism, But Both Women Are Doing It Right: https://www.bustle.com/articles/188446-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-says-her-feminism-is-different-than-beyoncs-feminism-but-both-women-are-doing Read a chilling excerpt from the Black Lives Matter-inspired YA novel The Hate U Give: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/10/12/the-hate-u-give-black-lives-matter-excerpt?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter

You get two episodes this week! In Tahmeka's absence, I spoke with Brandon Taylor, a PhD candidate in biochemistry and an avid reader, to get some recommendations. What follows is a discussion that includes the aforementioned recommendations as well as random musings about things that are literary adjacent. Brandon's Recommendations: Swallowed By The Cold - Jensen Beach: http://amzn.to/2eeQ96P Arcade - Drew Nellins Smith: http://amzn.to/2dnImkm Boy Erased - Garrard Conley: http://amzn.to/2e16kGa The Narrow Door - Paul Lisicky: http://amzn.to/2ebC6zI The Border Of Paradise - Esme Weijun Wang: http://amzn.to/2dKiIHx Private Citizens - Tommy Tulathimutte: http://amzn.to/2ept68X Disgruntled - Asali Solomon: http://amzn.to/2dKgsQu Ladivine - Marie Ndiaye: http://amzn.to/2ehJyfw Dinosaurs On Other Planets - Danielle McLaughlin: http://amzn.to/2e14uVN