Dreaming In The Dark

Dreaming In The Dark

By Bezi Yohannes & Ravynn K. StringfieldArtsBooks
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Dreaming In The Dark episodes

  • The Inherent Magic of Diasporic Blackness

    How is the fantastic built into the ways Black people move in the world? In our third episode, we talk to bestselling author Roseanne A. Brown about her formative experiences with fantasy, African storytelling, and character building in A Song of Wraiths & Ruin.

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    40 min
  • Is The Magic “Black Enough”?

    How can we define “Black girl magic”? In our second episode, we talk to award-winning filmmaker, playwright and director Micah Ariel Watson about the inspiration behind her web series “Black Enough” and the intersection of faith and the fantastic in depicting Black Girl Magic through the visual arts.

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    30 min
  • We Dream In The Dark For The Most Part

    What does it mean to dream in the dark? In our first episode, we talk about our motivation for creating this platform for Black fantasy, our different approaches to studying the fantastic, and the gap between visibility and representation in the fantasy we grew up with.

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    39 min

About Dreaming In The Dark

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Dreaming in the Dark is a podcast created by Black fantasy scholars Bezi Yohannes and Ravynn K. Stringfield that brings the stories we wished we had as children to the forefront. Named after Toni…