Set in intersecting realities of truth and television, 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒏 by Charles Yu is a scathing and hilarious commentary on the racism, invisibility, and erasure of Asians in American History and Hollywood.

The story takes place in the Golden Palace Restaurant featured in the procedural cop show “Black & White”. Willis Wu plays “Generic Asian Man” but is gunning for the coveted “Kung Fu Guy” role. He wrestles with making an attempt to sacrifice his dignity to be seen by White America or be seen by his family.

𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒆 was a letter written by author Ta-Nehisi Coates to his then 15 year old son. This epistle was Coates' account of what autonomy means in the body of a Black man navigating the streets of West Baltimore as a young boy, Howard University as a blossoming young man, well into fatherhood.  In this episode of Vulgar Geniuses, we review the star studded HBO adaptation, based on the 2018 staging of the book at Apollo Theater directed by award winning director and Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes.

2020 wasted no time in setting a match to all of our plans this year, but like a phoenix we rose from the ashes and created a place where we could invite you all to come along and escape from the worries of the day. On this season finale of Forks & Fangs we present our year in review. We say goodbye to the wannabe dictator in office, hello to the age of revolution and vaccines, and remember those who we have lost this year. Happy New Year to all of you, and stay tuned to as we say farewell to 2020!

Kali Fajardo-Anstine's carefully and wonderfully crafted work is one of our generations most important works to read.  Her novel 𝑺𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒂 & 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒂 deals with the struggles of love and death, and how both of those factors forever shaped the lives of the characters in her stories. Based in Denver, Colorado we follow the people in 11 linked short stories that focus on the lives of Indigenous and Latinx women. On this episode of FORKS X FANGS we discuss our favorite works and the importance of reading about the lives of the forgotten ones. 

First thing first! Black women y'all did that! Congratulations to Kamala Harris, the 46th Vice President of the United States of America!!!

On this episode of FORKS X FANGS we discuss Veronica's birthday pick, 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅 by Zora Neale Hurston. We dive deep into the life of Zora and Janie, as well as Veronica's obsession with both of those women, tattoos, and Florida History. 

More answers are met with more questions for HBO's 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚. This week on this special edition of Tiny Bites, it seems as Franz Kafka himself must have really like this show and wanted to pay tribute to Misha Green. We discover that Ruby wakes up in the body of a white woman,  Montrose seeks solace in the arms of an secret lover, and Atticus falls in love with a nine-tailed magical creature who may or may not be trying to kill him.