Today on the show, we have Pamela N. Harris an award-winning author of Y/A mysteries and thrillers including When You Look Like Us, This Town is on Fire, and her latest, the NAACP Image Award-nominated Through Our Teeth. When she isn’t writing social justice-themed page-turners, she balances working full-time as a college professor and raising two self-determined kiddos. 

Sometimes it feels like you’re inches from the breakthrough—validation arrives, momentum builds, and everything seems aligned. Then nothing happens. In this episode, we unpack what it means to pivot after near-misses, the lessons only time reveals, and how looking back can bring clarity you couldn’t see in the moment.