Lit Lounge creator and host Jodi-Ann Burey is interviewed by Amber Flame about the creation of Lit Lounge and her debut, Authentic. Afterwards, you’ll hear Jodi-Ann’s live performance at Lit Lounge: The People’s Art. Learn more about Lit Lounge at litlounge.art.

Shop Amber Flame’s apocrifa and Jodi-Ann Burey’s Authentic with mam’s books at https://bookshop.org/lists/lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon. 

You can watch Jodi-Ann's February performance on YouTube!
Lit Lounge: The People’s Art was recorded live by Studio 7117 at The Station - Columbia City coffee shop in February 2025.

Novelist Monica West shares more with host Jodi-Ann Burey (author of Authentic) about their work, including her novel Revival Season.  Afterwards, you’ll hear her live performance at Lit Lounge: The People’s Art. Learn more about Lit Lounge at litlounge.art.

Shop Monica West’s Revival Season and Jodi-Ann Burey’s Authentic with mam’s books at https://bookshop.org/lists/lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon. 

You can watch Monica’s performance on YouTube!
Lit Lounge: The People’s Art was recorded live by Studio 7117 at The Station - Columbia City coffee shop in February 2025.

Poet, novelist, and memoirist, E.J. Koh shares more with host Jodi-Ann Burey (author of Authentic) about their work, including her novel The Liberators, her memoir The Magical Language of Others, and poetry collection, A Lesser Love. Afterwards, you’ll hear her live performance at Lit Lounge: The People’s Art. Learn more about Lit Lounge at litlounge.art.

Shop E.J. Koh’s many books and Jodi-Ann Burey’s Authentic with mam’s books at https://bookshop.org/lists/lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon. 

You can watch E.J.’s performance on YouTube at https://youtu.be/3iv-Ojnrnhc?feature=shared. 

Lit Lounge: The People’s Art was recorded live by Studio 7117 at The Station - Columbia City coffee shop in March 2025.

Poet Quenton Baker shares more with host Jodi-Ann Burey (author of Authentic) about their poetry collection, ballast (Haymarket, 2023) before we hear their live performance at Lit Lounge: The People’s Art. Learn more about Lit Lounge at litlounge.art.

Notable References:

• The 1841 Creole Mutiny 

• Anastacia-Renee

• Christina Sharpe

• Min Jin Lee

• Kiese Laymon

• Harryette Mullen

• Saidiya Hartman

• Fred Moten

Shop Quenton Baker’s ballast and Jodi-Ann Burey’s Authentic with mam’s books at their online bookstore. 

You can watch Quenton’s performance on YouTube at https://youtu.be/xg7uUTQHobk. 

Lit Lounge: The People’s Art was recorded live by Studio 7117 at The Station - Columbia City coffee shop in February 2025.