🎙️ NEW EPISODE | Kicking Off 2026 the Write Way 📚✨

✨ We’re starting 2026 with real talk, real gems, and real community.

Our first podcast episode of the year was recorded live at the iconic Source of Knowledge Bookstore in Newark, NJ — and let’s just say… the vibes were lit.

We sat down with co-owners Masani Barnwell and Patrice McKinney, who dropped nothing but wisdom on:
📖 How to start your own library
🏛️ How to register it with the Chamber of Commerce
📚 Must-have books for your 2026 reading list
🤎 Why bookstores are community, not just shelves

This episode features our amazing co-hosts Enmanuel Baustia, Ashley Tylor, Anson Duong, and Jannie Pilgrim — all coming together with one mission:

💡 Knowlege and opportunity.
💡 Inclusion, access, growth, and career planning.
💡 We’re here to help people thrive, not just survive.

If you’re about knowledge, culture, community, and building something meaningful, this episode is for you.

🎧 Tune in.
📍 Pull up to Newark.
📚 Let’s make 2026 a page-turner. 

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