Podcasts by Lez Talk Books Radio

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Summer Updates from 2021-06-17T19:21:16

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!

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Nicole Shawan Junior from 2020-01-21T19:46:22

[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...

Lez Talks Books Radio Presents: Kivel Carson from 2019-10-24T07:33:36

[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 g...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Almah LaVon Rice from 2019-09-18T13:27:21

[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 Storie...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: M Shelly Conner from 2019-07-25T18:12:07

[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 se...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Penny Mickelbury from 2019-07-11T07:00

[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 Estat...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Spring 2019 Updates from 2019-05-30T08:00

[Serendipity, Writing Retreat, Submissions, Writing Community]

Lauren and Stephanie share updates about the 2nd annual writing retreat (Black Women Writing in the South), Serendipity, S...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: JP Howard from 2018-06-18T19:43

[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 al...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Indira Allegra from 2018-04-15T19:39

[Art: Installation/Performance, Poetry]

“Black Lesbians” contributor Indira Allegra dives into her art, process, and journey.

Indira works with tension as creative material throu...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Arisa White from 2018-03-13T19:38

[Poetry]

Arisa continues the conversation with “Black Lesbians” contributors.

Arisa is a Cave Canem fellow and MFA graduate from the Universi...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Alexis Pauline Gumbs from 2018-02-22T19:37

[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...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Leona Beasley from 2018-01-16T19:35

[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 Universit...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: The State of Black Lesbian Publishing from 2016-06-21T19:29

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.

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: V. Nikki Jones from 2016-04-24T19:25

[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. T...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: La Toya Hankins from 2016-03-01T19:20

[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 a...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Krystal A. Smith from 2016-02-16T19:19

[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 appear...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Sheree L. Greer from 2015-05-15T19:06

[Fiction, Short Stories, 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 ...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Renée Bess from 2015-04-12T19:05

[Fiction, Novel]

A native of Philadelphia, Renée taught Spanish and French to students in the city’s public school system before embarking upon a writing career. Her short story, “At th...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Renée Cronin from 2015-03-24T19:03

[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 o...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Fiona Zedde from 2015-01-20T19:01

[Fiction, Erotica, Romance, Novel]

Stephanie and Lauren chat with the prolific Black lesbian erotica writer, Fiona Zedde. Her 2005 novel, Bliss, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary ...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Claudia Moss from 2014-11-14T19:00

[Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry]

Claudia is the author of two novels, Dolly: The Memoirs of a High School Graduate and If You Love Me, Come, and a short story series about the feisty c...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Lauren Cherelle from 2014-10-14T16:53

[Fiction, Independent Publishing]

The Black Lesbian Literary Collective co-director, Lauren Cherelle, discusses the challenges and rewards of independent publishing.

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: La Toya Hankins&the Ladies of K-RHO from 2014-09-23T12:40

[Fiction, Contemporary Women, Romance]

LaToya is the author of SBF Seeking… and K-RHO: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood. She has been featured in the Ladies of Literature at the 2014 Atlant...

Lez Talk Books Radio Presents: Paula D. Ashe from 2014-09-17T12:32

[Dark Fiction, Short Stories]

In our debut episode, Paula D. Ashe chats about her recent short story, featured in the anthology Four Ghosts. She has published a number of short stories a...