Join us as we celebrate the publication of Grit and Gravity, volume 11 of the Grace and Gravity series, a series dedicated to women writers in the DC area.  Christina Tudor and Cynthia Via are two of the excellent writers in the series. (and are both alums of the DC Public Library writers workshops). We chat briefly with Melissa Scholes Young, the editor of the series. As part of a new spot on writers and their jobs and the business of writing, we talk to OF Cieri.    

Credits 

Dream Pop by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/only-in-the-milky-way-part-3/dream-pop/

Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) byTheBoseDeity

 is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License.

https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/

Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

 Inside the Crystal Cave by Kate Kody is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/kate-kody/single/inside-the-crystal-cave/

$x4 (MicroSong) by sthm is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/x4_MicroSong/

kalas by Uncle Milk is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/kalas_1886/

Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/junior85_-_07_-_Function/

 Re-Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/junior85_-_08_-_Re-Function/

Tipping Point by Ellennerv is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/Tipping_Point/

Pasty Cline “I’m Gonna Walk Some Dog” is in the public domain and is an official record of the United States Army. Armed Forces Radio Service.  

Arkansas Traveler by ecfike us licenssed under a CC0 license

https://freesound.org/people/ecfike/sounds/135127/

All audio comments are consented to by the The Labs Consent and Release form. 

This month we have local writers Austin Ross and Joey Hedger, both with books out with Malarkey Books. We also have Alan Good, editor of Malarkey Books, who has published a slew of DC writers. 

Credits

Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

Always Faithful by Ketsa is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/cc-by-free-to-use-for-anything/always-faithful/

Bantu by Sneaky Club is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/sneaky-club/single/bantu/

Cellar Door by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/lo-fi-and-chill/cellar-door/

zate it with a spork by Uncle Milk is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/zate_it_with_a_spork_1516/

Re-Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/junior85_-_08_-_Re-Function/

CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw/Audionautix_Acoustic/CHASIN_IT_________________________1-14/

BACK TO THE WOODS by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw/Audionautix_Acoustic/BACK_TO_THE_WOODS____1-03/

SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw/Audionautix_Acoustic/SOLO_ACOUSTIC_GUITAR_3-11/

***From 2019***

In this episode, host Victor Benitez interviews Jean Badalamenti,  Health & Human Services Coordinator for the DC Public Library and Peer Outreach Specialists Jerome and Renee  to talk about about the library's role in assisting DC's most vulnerable and at-risk residents.

Join as Margaret Roberts Drucker returns with another scary story, Chris makes a soothing song for these troubling times,  and Ivy Grimes reads her piece about someone swallowing a glass piano. 

Credits

Re-Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Life’s Small Pleasures by Christopher Stevenson:

• DC Metro - Interior 1 by crashoveride6 is licensed under CC0

https://freesound.org/people/crashoverride6/sounds/219233/

• Baby Girl 1 year old - Coos, Gurgles, Drops Toys by Sauron974 is licensed under CC0

https://freesound.org/people/Sauron974/sounds/244237/

• Soothing Serenade by Universfield is licensed under Attribution 4.0

https://freesound.org/people/Universfield/sounds/719269/

• Mockingbird by AlucardsBride is licensed under CC0

https://freesound.org/people/AlucardsBride/sounds/179928/

• Goog rain and thunder by Soundman9826 is licended under CC0

https://freesound.org/people/soundman9826/sounds/193331/

• Kingston NY late summer midnight crickets - some mic and freeway noise from middle.wav by samwd is licensed under CC0

https://freesound.org/people/samwd/sounds/402734/

• Brazilian_Waterfall_River .wav by SuperStudioBR is licensed under Attribution 4.0

https://freesound.org/people/SuperStudioBR/sounds/669180/

• Jamesport Wind Chimes.wav by acclivity is licensed under Attribution 4.0 NonCommercial

https://freesound.org/people/acclivity/sounds/30606/

• Improvisation on Lydian Scale - Saxophone (2) by emirdemiral is licensed under Attribution 4.0

https://freesound.org/people/emirdemirel/sounds/424911/

• Tokyo - Drum Circle in Yoyogi Park by Manuke is licensed under CCO

https://freesound.org/people/manuke/sounds/315885/

Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) by TheBoseDeity
is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License.
https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/

Flower Dance by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Hoba by JAYUS JAZZ is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

In this episode Carla Wills and Negest Rucker joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss their family connections to slavery in Maryland and the Catholic Church.

Recommended books related to this episode:
The 272 : the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church / Rachel L. Swarns.
The ledger and the chain : how domestic slave traders shaped America / Joshua D. Rothman
Slavery and freedom on the middle ground : Maryland during the nineteenth century / Barbara Jeanne Fields.
Facing Georgetown's history : a reader on slavery, memory, and reconciliation / edited by Adam Rothman and Elsa Barraza Mendoza.
The half has never been told : slavery and the making of American capitalism / Edward E. Baptist.
Tobacco and slaves : the development of southern cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680-1800 / Allan Kulikoff.
Gleanings of freedom : free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860 / Max Grivno.

Music used in this episode
Title: Good Kids Inst
Author: HoliznaRAPS/https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznaraps/good-kids/good-kids-inst/
Source: Free Music Archive / https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznaraps/good-kids/good-kids-inst/
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, we revisit the reading of Reverend Martin Luther King’s 1963 "Letter From A Birmingham Jail". It was performed annually as a staged reading in the Great Hall of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library prior to the library's renovation. Today, we continue that tradition in virtual form, blending voices familiar and new, including DC Public Library staff and community members.

Join us with the opening episode of the year as we join local writers Hannah Grieco and Rose Solari as we discuss writing, teaching, and running a small press in Washington, DC. 

Credits:
Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

Dark Ambient Music (Death And Forever) by TheBoseDeity
is licensed under the Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License.
https://freesound.org/people/TheBoseDeity/sounds/395691/

Dream Pop by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/only-in-the-milky-way-part-3/dream-pop/

2 hour Delay by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/only-in-the-milky-way-part-3/dream-pop/

zate it with a spork by Uncle Milk is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/microSong_Challenge/2015021275957958/zate_it_with_a_spork_1516/

Re-Function! by junior85 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

In celebration of Go Go preservation week at the DC Public Library, Montu Mitchell joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss his Love DC Go Go clothing campaign and its connection to the culture of Washington, DC.

Music by BOPD
elevator by BOPD is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

In this episode DC based writer Kristi Ferguson discusses writing, growing up in Brazil and the DC writing scene. Also joining the podcast is Baltimore based writer Stephanie Parent. She talks about sex work and her memoir My Dungeon Love Affair.

Credits:

Start to Finish by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_03_Start_to_Finish1/

Afrikaans by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_02_Afrikaans1/

Humphrey by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_07_Humphrey1/

Flagstaff by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_16_Flagstaff1/

Zuegma by C. Scott is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/C_Scott/Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3/CScott_-_Stage_Theory_Beats_vol_3_-_14_Zuegma1/

Calming Piano Tune for Serene Moments by UNIVERSFIELD is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/universfield/calm-music/calming-piano-tune-for-serene-moments/

My Dreams by UNIVERSFIELD is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/universfield/calm-music/my-dreams/

Java Pop by Spires That in the Sunset Rise is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spires_That_in_the_Sunset_Rise/Curse_the_Traced_Bird/Java_Pop/

Washington, DC by The Nighttime Adventure Society is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society/Chapter_One_The_First_Chapter/The_Nighttime_Adventure_Society_-_Chapter_One-_The_First_Chapter_-_01_Washington_DC/

*Original air date: January 29, 2020.*Paul Coates is owner and operator of Black Classic Press, one of the oldest Black publishing companies in the U.S. He joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss his life, publishing company and how books shaped his life.