We’re back for another bonus episode. This week, we asked you all to share your experiences — either as a reader or a writer — with whitewashed book covers. We shared your responses and talked over some recent ones that have occurred in books and film. Join us for the discussion.

Thanks to @LocPressedBooks and @diancalondon for their awesome replies.

Got a topic you want us to discuss? Follow us on @blackchicklit and tweet us up!

We read the recently released Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Octavia Butler, Damian Duffy and James Jennings. Mollie (finally!) gets the opportunity to school us all on what defines a graphic novel while Dani drinks in the background. Listen in and share your thoughts by tweeting us at @blackchicklit. 

• ‘Kindred’ Artist John Jennings Talks About Adapting Octavia Butler in Comic Form, by Noah Berlatsky

• Exit West, by Mohshin Hamid

And … we’re back! After nearly a month-delay, we’ve got a new episode for you. This past month, we read the recently released Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Octavia Butler, Damian Duffy and James Jennings.

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School, work, birthdays. Life hit us hard, y’all. Octavia Butler’s Kindred is next on our schedule and we’re recording this week. To make up for the loooonnnnnnng delay, we’ve got our first-ever bonus episode! Earlier this month, we asked you what books should every black woman read.

We want to hear from you! What book should every black woman read? #BCLchat

— Black Chick Lit (@blackchicklit) March 2, 2017

Join us for a messy, wine-inspired episode where we discuss the titles you said were required reading for all black women. Thanks to Twitter users @IamTammiJ, @amariescully, @LocPressedBooks, @dr_1908 and @createandwrite for contributing.

Got a topic you want us to discuss? Follow us on @blackchicklit and tweet us up!

This episode is a two-for-one special. We read both Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti and Binti: Home. Listen in for a discussion about diversity in sci-fi, the power of lotion and Steven Universe. We promise it all makes sense in context.

Got a book you think we should check out? Tweet us at @blackchicklit. Also, be sure to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes.

• “On that Rabid Puppies thing and my Hugo Award-winning novella Binti,” Nnedi’s Wahala Zone Blog

• The Case Against Sugar, by Gary Taubes

This episode is a two-for-one special. We read both Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti and Binti: Home. Listen in for a discussion about diversity in sci-fi, the power of lotion and Steven Universe. We promise it all makes sense in context.

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Did you know only 6.7 percent of Americans have read poetry in the past 12 months? We’ve joined these exclusive few and sit down to discuss Morgan Parker’s There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé. 

It moved us, y’all. So much so, that we’ve declared that this year’s going to be “blacker than ever.”

Got a book you think we should check out? Tweet us at @blackchicklit. Also, be sure to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes.

Links:

• “Poetry is going extinct, government data show,” The Washington Post

Books mentioned in this episode:

• White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Did you know only 6.7 percent of Americans have read poetry in the past 12 months? We’ve joined these exclusive few and sit down to discuss Morgan Parker’s There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé. 

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We kicked off 2017 by diving right into genre fic. Specifically, urban fiction. We read This could Be Us But You Playin‘ by Cachet. Mollie lays out the plot, Danielle remains bougie and bitter, and in the end, we take up that age-old debate of art vs. commerce. All in all, not a bad way to wrap up this book.

Have you read This Could Be Us But You Playin’ or another urban fic title? Want to contribute to the debate? Got a book you think we should check out? Tweet us at @blackchicklit.

Links:

• “Urban Fiction Authors Could Be Big Winners in New Publishing Era,” Buzzfeed

Books mentioned in this episode

• Indigo, by Beverly Jenkins

We kicked off 2017 by diving right into genre fic. Specifically, urban fiction. We read This could Be Us But You Playin‘ by Cachet. Mollie lays out the plot, Danielle remains bougie and bitter, and in the end, we take up that age-old debate of art vs. commerce. All in all, not a bad way to wrap up this book.

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