JEM interviews Toni Ann Johnson about her award winning autobiographical fiction book, Light Skin Gone to Waste, and her path from screenwriter to novelist.

JEM interviews Writer Christian Livermore about her moving memoir in essays about poverty, We Are Not Okay.

JEM interviews the amazing activist and Writer Minal Hajratwala about her work as a life coach and her Unicorn Authors Club and about her book Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents.

JEM interviews Writer Estela González about her gorgeous first novel, Arribada.

JEM interviews Writer Lynda Smith Hoggan about her beautiful memoir, Our Song A Memoir of Love and Race. 

JEM interviews Ruthie Marlenée over a shot of tequila discussing her latest novel Agave Blues. 

JEM interviews Writer (and former journalist) Dr. Mary Hill-Wagner about her memoir Girlz in the Hood on growing up in LA and about how to tell one's story. 

JEM interviews Writer Yasmin Ramirez about her lovely coming of age memoir ¡Ándale, Prieta!,.

JEM interviews Writer Allison Hedge Coke about her beautiful book Look at this Blue, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. 

JEM interviews bestselling author Reyna Grande about her latest epic novel “A Ballad of Love and Glory”