Hosted by Nicole M. Young-Martin · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 113 episodes
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Black Writers Read showcases, celebrates, and honors the words, work, and traditions of Black writers from across the country, across genres, across experiences, and across the African Diaspora. This podcast series is produced and hosted by performance poet, playwright, events curator, and educator Nicole M. Young-Martin. Find us on Instagram: @blackwritersread. Find Nicole on Instagram: @coco_penexplore.
Nicole M. Young-Martin hosts Black Writers Read, a arts show with 113 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Toni Ann Johnson , which was live-streamed on February 15, 2026. Toni Ann Johnson won the Flannery O’Connor Award for her linked story collection, Light Skin G
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Theresa Okokon , which was hosted live and in-person on November 1, 2025 at The LAVA Center in Greenfield, MA. Special thanks to Straw Dog Writers Guild and Th
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Charmaine Letitcia Wilcox , which was live-streamed on February 10, 2026. Charmaine Leticia Wilcox is an author, independent publisher, and the creative engine
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Dr. Jenn M. Jackson , which was live-streamed on January 23, 2026. Jenn M. Jackson (they/them) is a queer, androgynous Black woman, an abolitionist, a lover of
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Dr. Jenn M. Jackson , which was live-streamed on January 23, 2026. Jenn M. Jackson (they/them) is a queer, androgynous Black woman, an abolitionist, a lover of
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Cedric Muhikira , which was live-streamed on January 18, 2026. Cedric Muhikira is a self-taught writer and storyteller with roots in migration, cultural fusion
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with author, actress, and activist Denise Nicholas, which was live-streamed on January 17, 2026. Nicholas's memoir, Finding Home (Agate Bolden, 2025), chronicles he
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Cher Terais , which was live-streamed on December 21, 2025. Cher Terais is a bestselling Wanderlust Romance author, cultural storyteller, and the creative forc
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Emely Rumble, LICSW, which was live-streamed on December 2, 2025. Emely Rumble, LICSW is a distinguished licensed clinical social worker, school social worker,
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Jodi-Ann Burey, which was live-streamed on November 18, 2025. Jodi-Ann Burey (she/her) is a writer and critic who works at the intersections of race, culture,
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Michael D. Whitney , which was live-streamed on November 9, 2025. Michael D. Whitney is the author of Annetta's Michael: Living Life After Death Changes Everyt
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Sherese Francis (poetry.) , which was live-streamed on November 2, 2025. Sherese Francis (she/they) describes themselves as an AlkyMist of the I-Magination, fi
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Naomi Rivers . Naomi Rivers writes lesbian romance and women’s fiction. Naomi Rivers is a wife writing team who believes in romance, fairy tales, and happily e
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Dorsía Smith Silva , which was live-streamed on October 19, 2025. We chatted about her debut poetry collection, In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry Press, 2
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Tiriq Rashad, which was live-streamed on October 17, 2025 as a part of our National Black Poetry Day marathon. We chatted about his recently released spoken wo
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton , which was live-streamed on October 17, 2025 as a part of our National Black Poetry Day marathon. Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton is a
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Damon Moore, which was live-streamed on October 17, 2025 as a part of our National Black Poetry Day marathon. We talked about his debut poetry collection, Anth
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with self-help author, the Honorable Tiffany D. Tilley, which was live-streamed on October 14, 2025. Tiffany D. Tilley is an author, leader, advocate, and luminary
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Dr. Shonda Buchanan , which was live-streamed on September 14, 2025. We talked about her recent poetry collection, The Lost Songs of Nina Simone and her debut
Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Shannon Luders-Manuel , which was live-streamed on September 7, 2025. We welcomed Shannon back to the virtual platform to talk about her debut memoir, The One
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