The Most Dangerous Thing in America

Julius Nyerere - Ujamaa

This week on the podcast I read "Ujamaa: Essays on Socialism" by Julius Nyerere (as well as an Ohio Short Histories of Africa's "Julius Nyerere" by Paul Bjerk for historical context).
In two weeks I'll be reading "Blanche on the Lam" by Barbara Neely.

Rodney Brown - Typescenes

This week on the podcast I read and talked about Rodney A. Brown's Typescenes. Links below to the poet's book, website and accompanying performance.
https://www.unlikelystories.org/unlikely-books/typescenes
https://typescenes.com/
https://typescenes.com/%20immediate-dances-score-3/
Next week I'm reading one book by Julius Nyerere and one book about Julius Nyerere.

Kayla Rodney - Swimming Home

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

Nikki Dolson - Love and Other Criminal Behavior

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

bell hooks - We Real Cool

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

Jesmyn Ward - Sing, Unburied, Sing

A discussion of Jesmyn Ward's 2017 novel "Sing, Unburied, Sing."