Slow Burn: Books for Slow Readers

Essays with Chardai Powell

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Chardai Powell of Loyalty Bookstores speaks about essays on Black vulnerability and shares the pearls of wisdom she’s gleaned from a lifetime of reading.




On the agenda:

  1. “You Are Your Best Thing,” edited by Tarana Burke & Brené Brown
  2. “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” by Inger Burnett-Zeigler
  3. “Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be” by Nichole Perkins
  4. “Carefree Black Girls” by Zeba Blay


    5. Honorable mentions:

    1. “Legendborn” & “Bloodmarked” by Tracy Deonn
    2. “Honey and Spice” by Bolu Babalola
    3. “Seven Days in June” by Tia Williams


      4. The music for this episode is “Daisy (EDM/Instrumental)” by Zight. Subscribe to the show and follow us on Instagram @slowburnpodcast! For more from Char, follow her bookstagram on Black literature @pageswithcharr.

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