The Most Dangerous Thing in America
The most dangerous thing in America is a n***a with a library card. I don’t live in America and I don’t have a library card, but that don’t change a thing. This is a podcast about books written by Black authors reviewed by a Black author. Enjoy.
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Episodes
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Finishing up chapters 4-6 of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Where Do We Go From Here."
Next week on the podcast I'll be discussing Fred Moten's "In the Break."
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
This week on the podcast I read and reviewed Wole Soyinka's new novel "Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth." A print version of the review can be found at:
https://www.litromagazine.com/reviews/book-review-chronicles-from-the-land-of-the-happiest-people-on-earth/
If you want to hear a more casual conversation about Soyinka's new novel, skip ahead to 10:40.
In two weeks on the podcast we'll be reading and discussing chapters 4-6 of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Where Do We Go From Here."
Keep reading!
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
This week on the podcast we* read the first three chapters of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?"
I'll be back in two weeks with the next two chapters.
*Marlowe, my cat, pipes up quite a bit.
Keep reading!
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Friday Sep 17, 2021
This week we read and discussed Mateo Askaripour's debut novel "Black Buck."
In two weeks we start Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Where Do We Go From Here." It's going to be a two-podcast episode. Read along with me.
Keep reading!
#BookClub
Intro and outro music by The Keep Running
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
This week on the podcast I read and discussed "These Toxic Things" by Rachel Howzell Hall.
Next week I'll be reading "Black Buck" by Mateo Askaripour.
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
This week on the podcast I discuss Stanley Crouch's 1995 collection of essays "The All-American Skin Game." Next week I'll be talking about Rachel Howzell Hall's "These Toxic Things." Stay safe, stay Black and keep reading!
Crouch talking about 50 Cent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-st9gbEHDc
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
This week on the podcast we discussed "Black Skin, White Masks" by Frantz Fanon, a book that needs no introduction.
Probably talking Stanley Crouch next week.
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Friday Aug 06, 2021
This week on the podcast I read C. Riley Snorton's "Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity." This was a challenging read so I'll be doing something easier next week (feels like I say that a lot). Hope you enjoy and please follow or subscribe to the podcast wherever you are getting it. Thanks.
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
This week on the podcast we discuss "African Intellectuals Rethinking Politics, Language, Gender and Development (Africa in the New Millennium)" which was a collection of essays written or released in 2003 to mark the 30th anniversary of CODESRIA. Writers discussed include Thandika Mkandawire, Ali Mazrui, and Ngugi Wa Thiong' O.
Next week on the podcast we'll be discussing a work of fiction but haven't decided on what just yet.
Keep reading!
Friday Jul 02, 2021
Friday Jul 02, 2021
This week on the podcast I discuss C.L.R. James's "Beyond a Boundary."
Next week I'll be talking about Barbara Neely's "Blanche among the Talented Tenth."