Season 5: Episode 6 | How Students Connect to Ralph Ellison’s “Battle Royal”
A short take on how students at a college in Georgia respond to Ralph Ellison’s “Battle Royal.”
Season 5: Episode 5 | The Mixed Results of Sutton Grigg’s Debut
Despite revieing positive reviews, why did Sutton Griggs have some unfavorable feelings about the circumstances surrounding his first book?
Season 5: Episode 4 | Black Women Writers Courses
Here’s a short take on where all those Black Women Writers courses come from.
Season 5: Episode 3 | Angie Thomas and Literary Activism
Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give found a raw edge that audiences were keen to address.
Season 5: Episode 2 | Frances E. W. Harper’s Iola Leroy
College students are often excited to discuss the subtle radicalism of Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
Season 5: Episode 1 | African American Novels and the 1990s
The 1990s gave way to a vibrant literary outpouring of African American novels that offered myriad representational possibilities freeing readers and writers alike.
Season 4: Episode 7 | Graphic Novel – Red, White, & Black
A graphic novel engages black history and Captain America.
Season 4: Episode 6 | The Story of Battle Royal
How an excerpt from an upcoming novel became a popular short story.
Season 4: Episode 5 | The Sisterhood, 1977 Photograph
A brief take on a photo titled “The Sisterhood, 1977,” which has been a source of inspiration for countless readers and viewers.
Season 4: Episode 4 | Black Writers & Afro-Mississippians
Here’s why Richard Wright’s autobiography Black Boy, Margaret Walker Alexander’s novel Jubilee and John Oliver Killens’s novel ‘Sippi are held in high regard by most black folks from Mississippi.