BAPC × Chris Herring

Did you know that the New York Knicks are the most valuable franchise in the NBA? That fact, by default, makes Chris Herring's Blood in the Garden, one of the most valuable basketball books ever written, and we are thankful to have spent some time with him discussing the New York Knicks of the 1990s.

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Reggie and Akili introduce you to The Days: A Newsletter From BAPC (7:38).  They also discuss Black Literature's Representation Trap and the way Black Authors are covered in the New York Times (17:38).

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BAPC × Kendra Allen

Kendra Allen is the realest and so is her memoir, Fruit Punch. Fittingly she pulled no punches when it came to conversing with us and we all benefit so much from that.

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BAPC × Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Award Winning, Consistent, Prolific, and one of our best writers; Margaret Wilkerson Sexton joins BAPC to discuss her third novel, On The Rooftop.

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BAPC x Mohsin Hamid

Reggie and Akili are joined by a certified legend, Mohsin Hamid. He discusses his latest from his uniquely gifted catalog, The Last White Man.

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Reggie & Akili talk about Where Book Data Can Be Located (or not) (5:05), The Trauma Plot (54:12), National Book Award Finalists (114:24) & more.

Where is the Book Data? 

https://www.publicbooks.org/where-is-all-the-book-data/ https://www.publicbooks.org/audiobooks-consumption-data/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/11/opinion/culture/diversity-publishing-industry.html https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/comping-white/ https://lithub.com/10-literary-classics-that-didnt-sell/

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/30/opinions/trump-books-haberman-confidence-man-carter/index.html

The Trauma Plot: 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/the-case-against-the-trauma-plot

https://blgtylr.substack.com/p/emotional-support-trauma-plot

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-trauma-plot-quarterly-is-now-open-for-submissions 

https://faculty.gordonstate.edu/lsanders-senu/Everybody%27s%20Protest%20Novel%20by%20James%20Baldwin.pdf 

National Book Award Finalists

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/04/1126577424/national-book-award-finalists-2022

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/90496-the-national-book-awards-are-back-in-town.html

Annie Ernaux Wins The Nobel Prize in Literature

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/10/07/annie-ernaux-appreciation/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/books/annie-ernaux-nobel-prize-literature.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/06/annie-ernaux-the-2022-nobel-literature-laureates-greatest-works

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BAPC x Sidik Fofana

Sidik Fofana wrote a canonical story collection, Stories From The Tenants Downstairs, and we are lucky enough to have spent some quality time with him.

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BAPC x The Known World

Reggie & Akili breakdown Edward P. Jones's canonical novel, The Known World.

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BAPC at 50!

For the 50th Episode Reggie and Akili go Live to kick it with the people in real time. They talk about 2021 being a great year for publishing (8:42), Spotify having 300,000 Audiobooks and what that means for books themselves (24:28), and they spend a good amount of time talking about Banned Books since last week was Banned Books Week (36:35).

National Book Awards Longlist

Booker Prize Shortlist

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