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 Feb 25, 2021
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
In this episode I discuss Kayla Rodney's 2019 poetry collection "Swimming Home." As the title suggests the poems are about water but also New Orleans, food, love, Blackness, pelicans and Greek mythology. A link to the collection:
https://www.unlikelystories.org/unlikely-books/swimming-home
Next week I'm reading "Typescenes" by Rodney A. Brown:
https://www.unlikelystories.org/unlikely-books/typescenes
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Today on the podcast I am discussing Nikki Dolson's 2020 book, a collection of short stories, "Love and Other Criminal Behavior."
Here's a link to the book/website:
https://www.nikkidolson.com/
Next week I'm going to be reading two books from Unlikely Stories Press. If you want to support an indie press and follow along next week there are links below:
https://www.unlikelystories.org/unlikely-books/typescenes
https://www.unlikelystories.org/unlikely-books/swimming-home
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Today on the podcast I am discussing bell hook's 2004 book about Black masculinity, "We Real Cool."
Here's a link to the poem which inspired the title of the book:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/28112/we-real-cool
Thursday Jan 28, 2021