Black LIT Radio is a 10-minute radio segment about African American literature that came to life after I was interviewed about my book Living with Lynching on KAZI Book Review with Hopeton Hay. Once a month, I either have a conversation with Hopeton about a black-authored literary text or I interview an author who makes him/herself available. Many thanks to those who listen live when these are aired. As promised, I also provide the podcast link when they are available, but this is a good time to offer a cluster. Links below allow you to listen on-demand. ENJOY! And please let me know what you think in the comment section below or via email, Twitter, whatever. I would be happy to have your feedback on which literary works you'd like us to discuss in the future.
Segment #1 aired in October 2012: Nella Larsen's 1929 novel Passing
Segment #2 aired in November 2012: Interview with Tayari Jones about her award-winning 2011 novel Silver Sparrow
Segment #3 aired in December 2012: Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka's 1964 play Dutchman
Segment #4 aired in January 2013: Interview with playwright Charles Smith, mostly about his recent award-winning offering Knock Me a Kiss
Segment #5 aired in February 2013: Toni Morrison's latest novel Home and other classic works
I am grateful for these conversations about this rich, living tradition!
As promised, you can listen to the radio segment online and on-demand. I expect that these will get better and better. Listen to segment #1 on Nella Larsen's Passing (1929) by going HERE and please let me know what you think!
This Monday (10/8/2012), KAZI Book Review with Hopeton Hay
debuts Black LIT Radio, a 10-minute segment on African American
literature. The show airs at 7 AM Central, 8 AM Eastern on Austin's
KAZI-FM 88.7. Those outside of Austin can listen live online
at kazifm.org (click the microphone on left side of page) or through
the TuneIn Radio app on iPhone or Droid phones. An iTunes podcast will
be available shortly thereafter, which I'll share.
The first segment is about Nella Larsen's 1929 novel Passing.
Yay! It's happening!
If you listen at some point, let me know what you think!
