Episode 2: “Another Brooklyn”
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09/28/16 • 78 min
We came back! This month, we read Jacqueline Woodson’s Another Brooklyn and loved it. The book has been long-listed for a National Book Award in fiction and it’s well deserved. Join us for a conversation about the book’s beautiful descriptions of black girlhood and the joys of “sneaky writing.”
Have you read Another Brooklyn? Tweet us what you thought of the book at @blackchicklit.
Links:
- National Book Award Winners in Fiction
- Jacqueline Woodson’s ‘Another Brooklyn’ is a gauzy, lyrical fever dream of a book (best headline ever.)
Books mentioned in this episode:
- We the Animals, by Justin Torres
- Everything I Never Told You, by Celeste Ng
- Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Game Between Love and Death, by Martha Brockenbrough
- Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King
- An Untamed State, by Roxane Gay
- Bad Feminist, by Roxane Gay
We came back! This month, we read Jacqueline Woodson’s Another Brooklyn and loved it. The book has been long-listed for a National Book Award in fiction and it’s well deserved. Join us for a conversation about the book’s beautiful descriptions of black girlhood and the joys of “sneaky writing.”
Have you read Another Brooklyn? Tweet us what you thought of the book at @blackchicklit.
Links:
- National Book Award Winners in Fiction
- Jacqueline Woodson’s ‘Another Brooklyn’ is a gauzy, lyrical fever dream of a book (best headline ever.)
Books mentioned in this episode:
- We the Animals, by Justin Torres
- Everything I Never Told You, by Celeste Ng
- Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Game Between Love and Death, by Martha Brockenbrough
- Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King
- An Untamed State, by Roxane Gay
- Bad Feminist, by Roxane Gay
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Episode 1: “Queen Sugar”
It’s our first ever podcast! Join us every month as we read and discuss a new book featuring black women writers and characters. This month’s selection is Natalie Baszile’s Queen Sugar.
The novel is the inspiration for an upcoming series on OWN and we totally get why. There’s plenty of material for a multi-season show and WAY more than what’s needed for a 300-page novel.
Listen, enjoy and tweet us your opinion about the book at @blackchicklit.
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Episode 3: “We Love You, Charlie Freeman”
We are oh-for-two on knowing what it is we’re actually reading. This episode, we talk Kaitlyn Greenridge’s We Love You, Charlie Freeman, an eerie and uncomfortable examination of race, communication and family. Tune in for anxiety attacks, asshole chimpanzees and, as always, us mispronouncing the names of all your favs.
Have you read We Love You, Charlie Freeman? Got a book you think we should check out? Tweet us at @blackchicklit.
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Books mentioned in this episode:
- The Sellout, by Paul Beatty
- Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
- The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Ken Liu
- Swing Time, by Zadie Smith
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