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Black Writers Read
Black Writers Read showcases, celebrates, and honors the words, work, and traditions of Black writers from across the country, across genres, across experiences, and across the African Diaspora. This podcast series is produced and hosted by performance poet, playwright, events curator, and educator Nicole M. Young-Martin. Find us on Instagram: @blackwritersread. Find Nicole on Instagram: @coco_penexplore.
Episodes
95 episodes
Claiming a Black-Biracial Identity Through Memory, Memoir, and Connections with Shannon Luders-Manuel
This episode features our conversation with Shannon Luders-Manuel, which was live-streamed on September 7, 2025. We welcomed Shannon back to the virtual platform to talk about her...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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1:01:41
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Season Six Trailer
Black Writers Read has reached its sixth season! Check out this trailer to get a sneak peek of the upcoming season.Conversations here on Black Writers Read question our own subjectivities as creatives, justify our choices as writers, ack...
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3:44
Roller Skating, Romance, and Resistance through Gentrification with Arriel Vinson
This episode features our conversation with Arriel Vinson, which was live-streamed on May 24, 2025. We chatted about her debut young adult (YA) novel in verse,
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Season 5
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Episode 25
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1:09:16
Black Writers Read Celebrates 15 Years of The Kweli Journal featuring Laura Pegram
This episode features our conversation with Laura Pegram, founding editor of The Kweli Journal, to chat about
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Season 5
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Episode 24
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1:15:41
Black Writers Read: Eden Royce
This episode features our conversation with Eden Royce (Southern Gothic.), which was live-streamed on May 3, 2025. Eden Royce is a writer from C...
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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1:23:01
Black Writers Read: Essie Chambers
This episode features our conversation with Essie Chambers, which was live-streamed on April 22, 2025. Essie Chambers is an award-winnin...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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1:12:11
Black Writers Read: Brother's Keeper Poetry Theater Ensemble
This episode features our conversation with Brother’s Keeper Poetry Theater Ensemble, which was live-streamed on April 12, 2025. Since 2013, Brother’s...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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1:40:51
Black Writers Read: Nzima Hutchings
This episode features our conversation with Nzima Hutchings (poetry. prose.), the 2023-2025 Poet Laureate for Enfield, Connecticut, which was livestreamed ...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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1:26:58
Black Writers Read: Reese Ryan
This episode features our conversation with contemporary romance author, Reese Ryan, which was live-streamed on March 23, 2025.Award-winning author
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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1:33:07
Black Writers Read: LaTanya Orr
This episode features our conversation with nonfiction, business, and Christian Self-Help author, LaTanya Orr, which was live-streamed on March 15, 2025.Brand strategist, certified life coach and visual storyteller, LaTanya Orr...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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57:46
Black Writers Read: Donna J. Nicol
This episode features our conversation with Dr. Donna J. Nicol, which was live-streamed on March 8, 2025, the day nationally recognized as International Women’s Day. We talked about her book, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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1:24:54
Black Writers Read: Victoria Christopher Murray
This episode features our conversation with Victoria Christopher Murray, which was live-streamed on March 1, 2025. Victo...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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1:02:24
Black Writers Read: Roya Marsh
This episode features our conversation with Roya Marsh, which was live-streamed on February 3, 2025. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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1:08:59
Black Writers Read: Justin Haynes
This episode features our conversation with Justin Haynes, which was live-streamed on January 18, 2025. Justin Haynes ...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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1:03:58
Black Writers Read: T'challa Williams
This episode features our conversation with T’challa Williams, which was live-streamed on January 11, 2025. Through love, marriage, motherhood and loss, T’challa Williams' voice...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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1:38:23
Black Writers Read: Jennifer Janell
This episode features our conversation with Jennifer Janell (spicy women's fiction.), which was live-streamed on December 21, 2024. Je...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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1:07:18
Black Writers Read: Crystal Senter-Brown
This episode features our conversation with Crystal Senter-Brown, which was live-streamed on December 14, 2024. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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48:30
Black Writers Read: DuEwa Frazier
This episode features our conversation with Dr. DuEwa Frazier, which was live-streamed on December 7, 2024. Dr. DuEwa Frazier<...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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1:29:56
Black Writers Read: Sabin Prentis Duncan
This episode features our conversation with Sabin Prentis Duncan, which was live-streamed on December 7, 2024.
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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1:44:58
Black Writers Read: Ebony Aya
This episode features our conversation with Ebony Aya, which was live-streamed on November 23, 2024. During our chat, we talked about her latest book,
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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1:34:17
Black Writers Read: Brianna Wheeler
This episode features our conversation with Brianna Wheeler, which was live-streamed on November 16, 2024. Brianna Wheeler covers cannabis...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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1:26:36
Black Writers Read: Nathan Alexander Moore
This episode features our conversation with Nathan Alexander Moore (Speculative Fiction. Poetry. Nonfiction. Critical Theory.), which was live-streamed on November 2, 2024. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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1:20:29
Black Writers Read: Adrian Burks
This episode features our conversation with Adrian Burks, which was live-streamed on October 20, 2024. Adrian Burks
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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1:24:41