Lez Talk Books Radio
Lez Talk Books Radio amplifies the work of Black lesbian and queer writers and highlights topics and trends in publishing
Episodes
Happy Pride Month! Stephanie and Lauren chat about recent and current reads, publishing trends, the challenges of a writer's life, summer and fall workshops, and more!
[Non-fiction, Essay, Memoir]
Nicole Shawan Junior was bred in the bass-heavy beat and scratch of Brooklyn, where the cool of beautiful inner-city life barely survived cripplings caused by crack cocaine. She is a black, Queer and poverty-born counter-storyteller, felon, and former police prosecutor. Stephanie and Lauren chat with Nicole about her recent writing, non-fiction workshops, and forthcoming memoir.
[Fiction, Horror, Short Stories]
Kivel Carson is an emerging writer concerned with social justice, Black liberation, and representation through art and storytelling, particularly in the genres of literary fiction and Afrofuturism. In this episode, she chats about "Night Has No Eyes," a sharp zombie story in Black From the Future: A Collection of Black Speculative Writing.
[Fiction, Steampunk, Short Stories]
La Toya Hankins returns to Lez Talk Books Radio to dish about her new steampunk story, featured in Black From the Future: A Collection of Black Speculative Writing.
You can find more of her short works in Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction and at JMS Books. LaToya also penned the novels SBF Seeking… and K-RHO: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood.
[Short Stories, Creative Non-fiction, Journalism]
Almah has been published in various anthologies, including the revised edition of does your mama know?: Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories. Her journalism has garnered a National Ethnic Media Award from New America Media and recognition on Utne Reader’s “Great Writing” blog. In this episode, Almah chats about her latest short story, found in Black From the Future: A Collection of Bl...
[Short Stories, Novel, Creative Writing]
M Shelly Conner uses her experiences as a dapperqueer Black woman to produce multi-genre works that examine intersections of race, gender, and sexuality. Her collection of writing spans multiple media and a range of publications, including "Black From the Future: A Collection of Speculative Fiction."
As a whole, Shelly's writing makes queer interventions in a tradition of storytelling about ...
[Short Stories]
Penny Micklelbury is a pioneering newspaper, radio, and television journalist, and an award-winning writer of stage plays. She is the recipient of the Audre Lorde Estate Grant and was a resident writer at the Hedgebrook Women Writers Retreat.
Her new collection of stories, God’s Will and Other Lies, joins her catalog of eleven published mystery novels in three successful series: The Mimi Patterson/Gianna Maglione ...
[Serendipity, Writing Retreat, Submissions, Writing Community]
Lauren and Stephanie share updates about the 2nd annual writing retreat (Black Women Writing in the South), Serendipity, Sinister Wisdom, and more.
[Poetry, Activism, Writing Community]
JP co-edited issue #107 of Sinister Wisdom, titled “Black Lesbians—We Are the Revolution” to lift up the voices of African-American lesbians for all to hear, see, and know.
Her debut poetry collection SAY/MIRROR was a 2016 Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*). JP was a 2017 Split this Rock Freedom Plow Award for Poetry & Activism finalist...
[Art: Installation/Performance, Poetry]
“Black Lesbians” contributor Indira Allegra dives into her art, process, and journey.
Indira works with tension as creative material through sculpture and performance. She has been honored with the Jackson Literary Award, Lambda Literary Fellowship and Windgate Craft Fellowship. Her work has been featured on BBC Radio 4 and Surface Design Magazine. Allegra’s writing has been widely anthologiz...
[Poetry]
Arisa continues the conversation with “Black Lesbians” contributors.
Arisa is a Cave Canem fellow and MFA graduate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of the poetry chapbooks Disposition for Shininess, Post Pardon, Black Pearl, Perfect on Accident (forthcoming), and “Fish Walking” & Other Bedtime Stories for My Wife. Her debut full-length collection, Hurrah’s Nest, was a finalist for the 2013 Wheatley...
[Poetry, Feminist Studies]
In January 2018, Sinister Wisdom released “Black Lesbians—We Are the Revolution” (Issue 107) to lift up the voices of African-American lesbians for all to hear, see, and know. This episode is the first in a series of conversations with the contributors.
Alexis a queer black troublemaker, a black feminist love evangelist, independent scholar, and activist. She is the author of Spill: Scenes of Black Femini...
[Young Adult, Fiction]
Leona writes about the eccentric, often queer and funny characters from her Southern youth. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, she is a graduate of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia; Mills College in Oakland, California; and the New School University in New York City. Among the many things, she has taught art to the very young and to elders, wrote arts columns, been an educational consultant, and...
[Creative Non-fiction, Journalism]
Almah has been published in various anthologies, including the revised edition of does your mama know?: Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories. Her journalism has garnered a National Ethnic Media Award from New America Media and recognition on Utne Reader’s “Great Writing” blog.
On June 21, 2016, we started a new series, Topics in Black Lesbian Publishing, that aims to address Black lesbian writing from a publisher’s perspective.
Renée Cronin [Fiction, Romance]
Renée began writing in earnest in 2005, when the characters in her head became so loud she was forced to tell their stories or risk getting swept away into the abyss of her imagination. Renée describes herself as “a reader who loves to write. A romantic at heart who loves a good twist. A realist with extreme imagination.” In this episode, she chats about her most recent novel, Fistful of Love.
[Middle-Grade, Novella, Fiction]
Nikki is a licensed mental health practitioner whose experiences with youth in foster care inspired her to write a middle-grade novella, Lyric & Blake. The story features the adventures of two Black queer girls as they navigate screaming teachers, popularity polls, and fashion wars at Alcorn Junior High.
[Fiction, Novel]
A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, Sheree hosts Oral Fixation, the only LGBTQ Open Mic series in Tampa Bay, teaches writing and literature at St. Petersburg College, and started The Kitchen Table Literary Arts Center to showcase and support the work of ancestor, elder, and contemporary women writers of color. In this episode, Sheree discusses her second novel, A Return to Arms.
[Fiction, Romance, Short Stories]
LaToya is the author of SBF Seeking… and K-RHO: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood. She has been featured in The Ask Rayceen Show and Ladies of Literature at the 2014 Atlanta Black Pride. She recently penned the story short “Challah and Callaloo.” Additional short stories appear in Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction.
[Speculative Fiction, Short Stories]
A North Carolina native, Krystal first received recognition for her poems In the [Rearview] and A Woman’s Day. Recent stories and poems have appeared in Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction and Ladylit Publishing’s Summer Love. She’s also the author of several lesbian short stories, including Get At Me and Gina’s Do-Over.
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