The Book Stoop
Past the corner bodega and down the block from the fresh cuts barbershop, you’ll find a brick row house at the intersection of Literature Place and Social Justice Blvd. Hosted by Amanda Lytle for Row House Publishing, each episode of The Book Stoop features the latest on book culture, nerd culture, current events, and more with best-selling authors, change-makers, and risk-takers that will leave you feeling plugged in and lit up. So grab your favorite cuppa, and tune in for hot takes, chill vibes, and quality conversations on the stoop.
Episodes
39 episodes
Shawna Gann: True Colors Consulting, Organizational Fairness, and Leading with Intention
As a Certified Diversity Professional and Scholar-Practitioner, Shawna Gann successfully marries business psychology, learning theory, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles to support organizations as they advance DEI practic...
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30:12
Julianna Rose: 420 Tarot and the Tool Box for Magic Making, Creativity and Spirituality
Julianna Rose (she/they) is an illustrator and magic tool maker. They have studied world building, time traveling, and tarot at the Cecilia Weston Spiritual Academy. They have created artwork for children's books, ad agencies, grocery stores...
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26:51
Nancy Torres: Say It With Me (Dilo Conmigo) + Embracing Our Feelings
Nancy Torres is an Author, Childhood Educator, and Meditation Guide. She loves inspiring and supporting children in their academic and social-emotional development. Nancy received a B.A. in Corporate Communications from Baruch College, City ...
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24:56
Nōn Wels: You, Me, Empathy + One Heart at a Time
*Content Warning: topics include abuse, anorexia and suicidal ideation*Nōn Wels is a writer, doggo lover, creator of the You, Me, Empathy podcast, and founder of The Feely Human Collective, a space to grow and grapple with the ...
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32:22
Sonali Fiske: Sacred Listening, Sacred Rage, Speaking Up and Speaking Out
Sonali Fiske is a woman-identified, Sri Lankan-born, California-grown leadership mentor, radio talk show host, spoken word artist, writer, international speaker, and mama to one teenaged-son. Her everyday work is to fortify and amplify revol...
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29:09
Jess Bird: Safety in Oneself, and Being More Than Mostly Happy
Jess Bird is a self taught artist + illustrator, making magic in her hometown of Rochester, NY. She started her instagram and shop Bless the Messy in 2014, in an effort to connect back to herself and others during the darkness of depression....
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29:05
Rosa Lowinger: Wandering to Belong, Deadlines and Deliberate Design
Rosa Lowinger is a writer and art conservator most well-known for Tropicana Nights: the Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub, the definitive book on Havana’s pre-Castro nightclub era. Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Rosa has an ...
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30:20
Asha Frost: Finding One’s Own Medicine + Reclaiming One’s Power
Asha Frost is an Indigenous Medicine Woman and a member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation. She is the best selling author of You are the Medicine, and has guided thousands of people through profound and lasting transformation. Asha is ...
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24:06
Daniel J. O’Brien: Flip it Horizontal, and Learn to Walk Away - An Illustrator’s Perspective
Daniel J. O’Brien is a Trinidad-born author and illustrator currently residing in New York with his fantastic partner, Ashleigh, and their loyal but nervous dog, Obbie. He holds a BFA in Illustration from The School of Visual Arts. With that...
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31:48
Rawiyah Tariq: Community, Defiance and Creating a Delicious Life
Rawiyah Tariq is a Black, gender non-binary, fat, disabled and neurodivergent artist and kink aware professional. Their roots are in queer, poly-amorous, fat community. Their tone is reflective of these roots and their work is in...
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29:22
Louiza “Weeze” Doran: Liberation of All and the Collective by Way of Individual Liberation
Louiza Doran, known and referred to as Weeze, is a cis-het Amazigh* female-identifying human who uses she/her/they/them pronouns. She’s known as a coach, podcast host, advocate, agent of change, speaker, strategist, healing-centered educator...
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37:28
Jamal Taylor: Seeing the Best in the Worst + Love on Purpose
*CW: Jamal is a sexual assault survivor, and experienced suicidal thoughts, which are mentioned early in the conversation. Jamal is an educator and activist that grounds his work in the cannons of Love on Purpose! Jamal be...
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29:28
Tiffany Townsend: Celebrating Uniqueness and Authenticity + Ancestral Support in Midwifery
Tiffany Townsend is a Certified Professional Midwife, connected to her ancestral land and roots. Her early experiences with her Abuela, an OBGYN in the Dominican, had her involved with birth early in her life. As a young Mom herself, she saw...
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29:03
Dra. Rocío: Unlearning for Spiritual Sovereignty - We Need All of Us
Dra. Rocío Rosales Meza, is a Xicana/Mexicana Indigenous woman. She is a Seer, initiated medicine woman in the Q’ero Inca lineage, and is a Counseling Psychology Ph.D. She is also an unschooling mama to a 5 year old child who holds supernatu...
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30:55
Tiffany Hammond: Sharing Stories and Experiences That Make You FEEL
Tiffany Hammond is the creator and voice behind Fidgets and Fries. She is Black woman with Autism, a mother to two boys with autism, an advocate, and a storyteller. Tiffany uses her personal experiences with Autism and parenting ...
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34:37
Mary Fashik: Upgrade Accessibility & How Representation Is Vital and Empowering
Mary Fashik is a Lebanese-born, Queer Disability Rights Activist, author, public speaker and workshop facilitator. In 2019, Mary founded Upgrade Accessibility, a movement designed to challenge today’s accessibility standards. The...
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34:41
Kristen McGuiness: A Journey Through Reading, Writing, Editing and Publishing
Kristen McGuiness is the Vice President of Row House. She’s the founder of Storyboxing, providing content, coaching and courses for people looking to sell their book, launch their brand or grow their non-profit. She’s also the bestselling au...
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38:32
Marcie Alvis-Walker: The Power of Intentional Conversation and Expression
Marcie Alvis-Walker is a writer and the creator of the blog and Instagram feed, Black Coffee with White Friends and Mockingbird History Lessons. She is passionate about what it means to embrace intersectionality, diversity and inclusion in o...
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37:29
Lindo Jones: Exploring Life and Masculinity - Spoken Word Poetry as a Tool and Superpower
Lindo Jones is a Spoken Word Artist, Creator of LindoYes! Clothing Line, and an Event Host who was born and raised in Uptown Philadelphia, PA. He is an unapologetically Black fusion of theatrical poetics and visual art, whose work addresses ...
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33:06
Kina Reed: Divesting From Whiteness + Exploring Your Personal Ethnic Heritage
Kina Reed is a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practitioner. She is also the creator and curator behind the social media platforms, The AntiBlackness Reader Project...
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41:03
Layla F. Saad: Writing, Reading and Exploring Beyond Me and White Supremacy
Layla F. Saad is an author, speaker, and teacher on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation and social change. She is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking book
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38:06
Juliet Diaz: Creating an Intimate Relationship with Yourself + Lessons In Death and Waking Up
Juliet Diaz is a Bruja, Seer, and Spiritual activist. She's an Indigenous Taino Cubana from a long line of curanderos (Healers) and Brujas on both sides of her parents' lineages. She believes Magic lives within us all and feels passionately ...
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32:08
Tamela J. Gordon: Hood Wellness and Intersectionalities, Self Care + Emotional Growth
Content Warning - Traumatic Experiences that Induce PTSD and StressTamela J. Gordon is a New York-bred, Miami revitalized, New Orleans lustin' Black writer, book critic, self-care coach, and performer. Her platforms are dedicat...
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34:53
Trudi Lebrón: Equity Centered Coaching + Intentionality in Business
Trudi Lebrón is a business coach who helps entrepreneurs build businesses that change lives without compromising their values, their money, or their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion. She stands behind this practice of eq...
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35:06
Leslie Priscilla: Reparenting + Breaking Intergenerational Cycles of Harm and Abuse
Leslie Priscilla is a first generation non-Black Chicana mother to three bicultural children. She founded this bilingual organization and movement intentionally rooted in children's rights, social and racial justice, the individual and colle...
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