In this episode of Uncanny Women Podcast, KJ Brantley sits down with Shirley Jackson and Stoker Award-nominated author, editor, and scholar R.J. Joseph to discuss horror through the lens of history, identity, monstrosity, and the Black lived experience.

Together, they explore Joseph’s acclaimed collection Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted, her upcoming collection My Monsters Ain't Like Yours, the idea of literary splatterpunk, Blackademic scholarship, motherhood in horror, and the lasting influence of Beloved on horror literature and storytelling.

The conversation also dives into:

• horror as historical reckoning
• the monstrous feminine
• Black womanhood in horror
• the intersections of academia and genre fiction
• how horror reflects real-world trauma and violence
• why monstrosity can be a powerful literary lens
  

Books, Stories, and Authors Mentioned in This EpisodeFollow R.J. Joseph

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By R.J. Joseph

Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted
Paperback: https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781990082184
Hardcover: https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781990082191

My Monsters Ain't Like Yours
https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781967911448

“Screams from the Bayou”
https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781970383027

Other Books Mentioned

Progeny by Kenya Moss-Dyme
https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9798330337644

Beloved by Toni Morrison
https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9780525659273

The Dead Spot
https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781958598276