CROWNED: A Diverse Fiction Podcast

Season 1, Episode 2 of GUILD: A Diverse Fiction Podcast features interviews with N.J. Ember, Marsalis, Naomi Panthera & Pepper Paris, who also read from the series Heavy Metal Magic, an assortment of poetry, The Wild Hunt & Rook Unleashed, respectively, hosted by Zelda Knight.

Season 1, Episode 1 of GUILD: A Diverse Fiction Podcast features an author interview of Cara North, who also reads from her dark reverse harem romance HARPY, hosted by Zelda Knight.

In this podcast episode, we talk about:

• “Orgasm Punishment”

• Cara's muse Jake Gyllenhaal

• The borders of young adult, new adult, and adult

• Writing on new pen names as your characters age so that they can age along with the audience

• Infusing personal politics into romance (ex. non-con, feminism, mental health awareness, PTSD post-military service, and being from a poor economic background)

Want to read the entire Crossbow University trilogy, as well as name a cat in Volume 2 for as little as $1? Support Cara over on Kickstarter before the end of January 2023: http://kck.st/3GtT1tl

Season 1, Episode 1 of GUILD: A Diverse Fiction Podcast features an author interview of Cara North, who also reads from her dark reverse harem romance HARPY, hosted by Zelda Knight.

In this podcast episode, we talk about:

• “Orgasm Punishment”

• Cara's muse Jake Gyllenhaal

• The borders of young adult, new adult, and adult

• Writing on new pen names as your characters age so that they can age along with the audience

• Infusing personal politics into romance (ex. non-con, feminism, mental health awareness, PTSD post-military service, and being from a poor economic background)

Want to read the entire Crossbow University trilogy, as well as name a cat in Volume 2 for as little as $1? Support Cara over on Kickstarter before the end of January 2023: http://kck.st/3GtT1tl

"Equinox," © by Indian/Dutch author and poet Suna Dasi, is a mythic nursery in 100-words for Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, sponsored by our Kickstarter backers!

I sat down with USA Today and International bestselling author Naomi Panthera to discuss sexual diversity in young adult fiction and her upcoming solo debut, The Wild Hunt: Revenge of The Huntress Book One (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09L6NR2FK/), coming October 23, 2022, for Women's History Month.

Black poet Marsalis (https://www.saintmarsalis.com/) reads three of his love poems live while discussing Motown, memory, and more in time for Black History Month.

"The Last Nalpodian" © Karl El-Koura is an original science fiction short story (AURELIA LEO, 2020).

"There Are an Infinite Number of Stories in the Naked City" by Edmund Schluessel is the first short story in the science fiction audio drama Infinite Metropolis (AURELIA LEO, 2020).

RadSouth debuted on December 18, 2019, as a final oral history project by students at the University of Louisville. The podcast miniseries chronicles the pioneering work of two radical southern institutions: Highlander Research and Education Center (New Market, TN) and Appalshop (Whitesburg, Kentucky). Episode One documents the work of radical southern women building power in Highlander and beyond. 

Hosted by Robert Eric Shoemaker (https://reshoemaker.com/) and Olivia E. Raymond (https://oliviaeraymond.com/). Supplementary material was compiled by Hannah White. Podcast Artwork © Natalie Snyder.

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

ON HIGHLANDER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER

Unearthing Seeds of Fire: The Idea of Highlander by Frank Adams and Myles Horton (1975)

The Long Haul: An Autobiography by Myles Horton (1990)

"Why the Highlander Attack Matters" by Robin D.G. Kelley and Makani Themba (https://www.thenation.com/article/highlander-attack-arson-racism/) 

You Got to Move (1985) documentary by Lucie Massie Phenix and Veronica Selver

ON ORAL HISTORY

A Shared Authority: Essays on the Craft and Meaning of Oral and Public History by Michael Frisch (1990)

"Allan Nevins is Not My Grandfather: The Roots of Radical Oral History Practice in the United States" by Daniel Kerr (https://muse.jhu.edu/article/631341) 

"What Makes Oral History Different" by Alessandro Portelli

"Living Voices: The Oral History Interview as Dialogue and Experience" by Alessandro Portelli