S3 Ep. 19: Black Stories Matter: Terrion Williamson and Jabari Asim on Narrative During the George Floyd Protests - a podcast by fiction/non/fiction

The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked nationwide protests and a reckoning with racism and police brutality. In this episode, University of Minnesota professor and author Terrion Williamson talks with Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about her recent Belt Magazine essay, in which she writes about the parallels between George Floyd’s killing and the 2010 death of David Cornelius Smith, a Black man who moved from her hometown to the Twin Cities. Then, poet and writer Jabari Asim breaks down the dangerous fallout of the criminalization of Black communities and favorable portrayals of police in literature and the media, which he tackles in his newest collection, “Stop and Frisk.”To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. And check out video excerpts from our interviews at LitHub’s Virtual Book Channel and Fiction/Non/Fiction’s YouTube Channel.
This podcast is produced by Andrea Tudhope. Guests:

Jabari AsimTerrion Williamson



Selected readings for the episode:Jabari Asim

Stop and FriskA Child’s Introduction to African American History

We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of SurvivalOnly the Strong

What Obama Means … for Our Culture, Our Politics, Our FutureNot Guilty

Sing It Like a GodThe N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn’t, and Why 

A Taste of Honey: StoriesTerrion Williamson

The Black Midwest InitiativeRemembering David Cornelius Smith

Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black MidwestScandalize My Name: Black Feminist Practice and the Making of Black Social Life


Others: Minneapolis Had This Coming by Justin Ellis


Why Minneapolis Was the Breaking Point by Wesley LoweryRevealing the Divisive History of Minneapolis by Sarah Holder


Century after Minnesota lynchings, black man convicted of rape ‘because of his race’ up for pardon by Meagan FlynnTheir Minneapolis Restaurant Burned, but They Back the Protest by Amelia Nierenberg


Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police by Mariame KabaThe tiny media collective that is delivering some of the most vital reporting from Minneapolis by Troy Patterson

Amy Cooper Is Fired After Calling Police on Black Birder in Central ParkAll Fiction is Crime Fiction: Mat Johnson on the Origins of Modern Mystery


The Crisis Magazine - NAACP’s MagazineChester Himes

Barbara NeelyGrace Edwards

Attica LockeNichelle Tramble

Walter MosleyWatchmen (television series)

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