Genevieve West joins guest host John McCaa to discuss her extensive compilation of work that features essays, criticism, and articles of the Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston.
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Genevieve West joins guest host John McCaa to discuss her extensive compilation of work that features essays, criticism, and articles of the Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston.
Read moreMarian Chia-Ming Liu talks about she reclaimed her Chinese middle name after waves of Asian-American violence and the journey that brought her to a new understanding of who she is.
Read moreHakeem Oluseyi joins host Krys Boyd to talk about his early life, when he struggled with inequality, poverty and addiction, and how he found his way out by studying the stars.
Read moreMaya Cueva discusses her PBS documentary following three Latinx people and their connection to the last reproductive health clinic on the Texas side of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read moreMadhushree Ghosh talks about her memoir, taking us on a trip through America to South Asia, where she recounts the recipes that have given her insight into her own rich lived experiences.
Read moreMay Jeong discusses the victims and survivors of the Atlanta spa shootings and paints a picture of how violence against Asian communities is part of a long history of racism in the U.S.
Read moreJill Gutowitz discusses her personal essays about how lesbian culture went mainstream and her own place in it, using pop culture as a measure of society’s values.
Read moreTiffanie Drayton discusses her move as a child to the U.S. – where she experienced racism – and her decision as a young adult to move back to Tobago.
Read moreReshma Saujani explains why women cannot just “lean in” to inequality in the workplace – and why it’s time for a paradigm shift in corporate policy.
Read moreImani Perry discusses her return to her Southern home in Alabama with fresh eyes, weaving in the stories of the good-tempered with a darker history.
Read moreSuleika Jaouad joins us to talk about the cancer that left her fighting for life at a young age and how she’s reimagined what the future holds now that she’s cancer-free.
Read moreDaphne Palasi Andreades discusses her new novel, where five daughters of immigrants become friends for life but are tested when views on ambition, loyalty and class begin to diverge.
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