The Most Dangerous Thing in America

Fred Moten - In the Break (Chapter 2)

This episode we took on Chapter 2 of Fred Moten's "In the Break" which is titled "In the Break." Lots to discuss here, so here are some things referenced in the podcast this week:
Black Dada Nihilimus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98oK6zZXmQw
Nathaniel Mackey's EXCELLENT piece on Cante Moro - https://web.archive.org/web/20050507015349/http://groovdigit.com/authors/mackey/cantemoro.html
Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45YPO2FyXVI
"Burton Greene Affair" - https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/campuspress.yale.edu/dist/1/2391/files/2018/04/Baraka-Apple.Core-2f8ipnd.pdf
Chapter 3 and a coda podcast are already in the feed so check them out.
If you want to read something I recently had published (or listen to it) below is a link to a piece of creative nonfiction that I wrote:
http://www.ilanotreview.com/ephemeral/the-donut-odyssey/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcGMPzwWVtg&t=2s
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Fred Moten - In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition

This week I read and discussed the first 2 sections of Fred Moten's "In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition."
In two weeks I'll be back with the last two sections of the book.
If you would like to read a piece I recently got published that is 100% unrelated to this podcast, click here:
http://www.ilanotreview.com/ephemeral/the-donut-odyssey/

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Where Do We Go From Here

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."

Wole Soyinka - Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

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."
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Where Do We Go From Here

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.
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Mateo Askaripour - Black Buck

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

Rachel Howzell Hall - These Toxic Things

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.

Stanley Crouch - The All-American Skin Game

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

Frantz Fanon - Black Skin, White Masks

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.

C. Riley Snorton - Black on Both Sides

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.