Brown & Lit

Episode Notes M Shelly Conner, queer womanist writer and educator, talks investing in yourself, the blessing of rejection, and queer erasure in black literature. Website Facebook Twitter Resources Quare Square Collective Quare Life The Known World by Edward P Jones Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Dapper Vista Everyman by M Shelly Conner Brown Girls

Episode Notes Jennifer Cendaña Armas, writer and performer, discusses self-care for artists, the pervasiveness of whiteness, and finding the truth in your work. Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Resources Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay When Breathe Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger

Episode Notes Eshani Surya, writer, teacher, and student, gives us wise words about work, culture, and uncomfortable conversations. Website Twitter Instagram Resources Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Episode Notes Anjali Mitter Duva, author of Faint Promise of Rain, discusses believing in your work, authenticity in craft and how she found storytelling through dance. Website Twitter Facebook Instagram Resources Faint Promise of Rain by Anajli Mitter Fuva About Kathak The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandrai Marzano-Lesnevich The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende  Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera 

Episode Notes Caroline Choe, founder of Create & Plate, dishes on how to encourage someone, receiving seven rejections in one day, and the magic of home cooking. Website: Create & Plate Youtube Instagram: @carochoe Facebook: Crate & Plate Resources The Struggles of Writing About Chinese Food as a Chinese Person by Clarissa Wei We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen The Haven's Kitchen Cooking School: Recipes and Inspiration to Build a Lifetime of Confidence in the Kitchen by Alison Cayne A Moose Boosh: A Few Choice Words About Food Paperback by Eric-Shabazz Larkin When You Lunch With the Emperor by Ludwig Bemelmans

Episode Notes Naseem Jamnia, freelance writer, tells us how the 2016 election changed their career path, finding the truth in your work, and the importance of giving marginalized voices the spotlight. Website: https://www.naseemwrites.com/ Twitter: @jamsternazzy  Instagram: @jamsternazzy  Facebook: Naseem Jamnia Resources Alanna: The First Adventure By Tamra Pierce Writing the Other with Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford Octavia Butler

Episode Notes Rosalie Morales Kearns, author of Kingdom of Women and publisher of Shade Mountain Press, explains the delicate balance of being a writer/publisher what it costs to run a small press, and the indelible impression that Toni Morrison leaves on everyone. Website: https://rosaliemoraleskearns.wordpress.com Twitter: @RMoralesKearns Resources Shade Mountain Press Kingdom of Women by Rosalie Morales Kerns Vida—Women in Literary Arts Beloved by Toni Morrison Song of Soloman by Toni Morrison Sula by Toni Morrison Black Water Anthology by Alberto Manguel Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene The Color Purple by Alice Walker Not A Self Help Book: The MisAdventures of Marty Wu by Yi Shun Lai My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier Baba Yaga: The Ambiguous Mother and Witch of the Russian Folktale Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales The Cutting Season by Attica Lock

Episode Notes Marti Dumas, author of the Jaden Toussaint series, tells us about accidentally becoming a children’s book author, working as a part of small press, and knowing what you want. Website Twitter Facebook Instagram Resources Plum Street Press Jupiter Storm by Marti Dumas Jaden Toussaint the Greatest: Episode 1—The Quest for Screen Time Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D Taylor Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D Taylor The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

Episode Notes Eileen Guo, independent journalist, discusses recovering from entrepreneurship, writing feedback, and the fluidity of race. . Website: https://www.eileenguo.com Twitter: @EileenGuo Instagram: @EileenGuo Resources How WeChat Spreads Rumors, Reaffirms Bias, and Helped Elect Trump by Eileen Guo (Backchannel/Wired) The Fat Years by Chan Koonchung The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8 Lee

Episode Notes Laura Lucas, editor at Minor Arcana Press, talks about her undying love for the city of Seattle, the horror of office meetings, and the joy of taking big life risks. **Website:** http://www.lauralucas.net/ **Twitter:** @linesofforce **Facebook:** Laura In Seattle Resources Minor Arcana Press Act One (Six Hens) Nine Kinds of Ice Cream Like Water for Chocolate Trafalgar by Angelica Gorodischer Spencer Tunick, photographer