Key responses to a murder mystery published in the early 20th century
Episode written by Alisha Knight 
The script was read by Kassandra Timm.

The multifaceted responses to Walker’s novel
Episode written by Kathy Lou Schultz 
The script was read by Kassandra Timm.

Have you ever wondered about the African American novels with the largest vocabularies? A look at literary data offers some answers. 

Episode by Howard Rambsy II

Pauline Hopkins published three novels in three years. How did she do it?
Episode by Elizabeth Cali
The script was read by Kassandra Timm.

Sometimes a novel proves controversial, and the writer finds herself in a courtroom.
Episode by Richard Schur
The script was read by Kassandra Timm.

Richard Schur is Professor of English Program at Drury University. He is the author of Parodies of Ownership: Hip-Hop Aesthetics and Intellectual Property Law and co-editor (with Lovalerie King) of Justice Unveiled: African American Culture and the Law.

In October 1937, an aspiring, 29-year-old author wrote a negative assessment of a recently published novel. Here's the story of what happened next.

Episode written by Howard Rambsy II
The script was read by Kassandra Timm.

The story of how Black writers and intellectuals made sure that Toni Morrison's novel would be acknowledged for decades. 
Episode written by Courtney Thorsson
The script was read by Kassandra Timm.

Understanding the reception to Ward’s novel  

Episode written by Ebony Lumumba. 

Ebony Lumumba, Ph.D. is an associate professor and chair of English at Jackson State University.  She writes, teaches, and thinks most about Black women's resistance and Global South literature.

The extraordinary reception to a novel about an escape from slavery. 
Episode written by Howard Rambsy II and Elizabeth Cali   

Remarkable Receptions is a podcast where scholars provide intriguing, unusual, illuminating, surprising, controversial, popular, and little-known responses to African American novels.