Books Are Pop Culture

BAPC × Recitatif by Toni Morrison. Akili & Reggie lean into the aspect of Recitatif which they aren't supposed to + they recap some bookish news. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/booksarepopculture Follow BAPC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/booksarepopculture Shop BAPC's Bookshop: https://www.bookshop.org/shop/booksarepopculture

BAPC x Damon Young for the first day of the first annual Books Are Pop Culture Weekend. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community: https://www.patreon.com/booksarepopculture Follow BAPC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksarepopculture Shop BAPC's Bookshop: https://www.bookshop.org/shop/booksarepopculture

Episode 4 of the Book Are Pop Culture Podcast. The fellas discuss Kyrie Irving, Squid Game, Horror Movies, the articles below and more! Like, Follow, Share, Subscribe, leave a review, etc. to/for Books Are Pop Culture wherever you are listening. Books Are Pop Culture - @booksarepopculture on Instagram. Akili Nzuri - @ablackmanreading on Instagram. Reggie Bailey - @reggiereads on Instagram. Shop at https://bookshop.org/shop/booksarepopculture to purchase the forthcoming #ReadWithBAPC Picks which we will be discussing on Instagram Live during the following dates: Oreo by Fran Ross on October 24th, 2021 Miss Muriel and Other Stories by Ann Petry on November 21st, 2021 The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on January 30th, 2021 Links to Articles: David Bradley Interviewed by Allen Mendenhall—From 2013 about the ebook release of his 1981 novel, The Chaneysville Incident, which is re-releasing November 2nd, 2021, via Harper Perennial, with a new preface from the author. https://southernlitreview.com/authors/allen-mendenhall-interviews-david-bradley.htm Ann Petry - Harlem (1949). https://loa-shared.s3.amazonaws.com/static/pdf/Petry-Harlem.pdf Noname Opens the Radical Hood Library in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. https://lithub.com/rapper-noname-just-opened-an-la-library-dedicated-to-the-black-experience/ Uzo Aduba to Host Netflix Book Club Series - “But Have You Read the Book?” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/uzo-aduba-netflix-book-club-starbucks-1235030456/ Tananarive Due’s debut novel, The Between—recently rereleased by Harper—chosen by Belletrist as their book club pick for October. https://ew.com/books/emma-roberts-belletrist-book-club-tananarive-due-the-between/ Chibundu Onuzu’s Sankofa chosen as the Reese Book Club pick for October https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/sankofa-is-reeses-book-club-pick-for-october/ Sterling K. Brown to Star in Washington Black TV Series Adaptation Which Will Air on Hulu. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sterling-k-brown-washington-black-series-hulu-1235024892/ Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian Novelist, wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. https://lithub.com/tanzanian-novelist-abdulrazak-gurnah-has-won-the-nobel-prize-in-literature/ https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-impact-of-abdulrazak-gurnahs-nobel-prize

BAPC x Destiny O. Birdsong Akili and Reggie talk to Destiny O. Birdsong about Nobody's Magic, the triptych novel, the myriad ways that love manifests itself and much more. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community: https://www.patreon.com/booksarepopculture Follow BAPC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksarepopculture Shop BAPC's Bookshop: https://www.bookshop.org/shop/booksarepopculture

BAPC x Sidik Fofana

Sidik Fofana wrote a canonical story collection, Stories From The Tenants Downstairs, and we are lucky enough to have spent some quality time with him.

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