Black Book Talk Podcast
1) K. IBURA, author, TEMPEST
TEMPEST follows Veronique (a.k.a. V) who, after her parents' death in Hurricane Katrina, moved to her MawMaw’s house in the Louisiana countryside. MawMaw always said that Veronique needed to hide ...Show More
2) From the Black Book Talk Vault: Renee Watson and "The 1619 Project: Born on the Water"
As attempts to ignore, refute, or even remove African-Americans' contributions to the American record, we at "Black Book Talk" continue to affirm Black history and culture as expressed through o...Show More
3) Black Book Talk on 08/07/25
4) Brendan Slocumb, THE DARK MAESTRO
Author Braendan Slocumb introduces Curtis Wilson, a cello prodigy, in his third mystery, The Dark Maestro. Curtis is growing up in the Southeast D.C. projects with a drug dealer for a father. Bu...Show More
5) Black Book Talk on 06/05/25
6) Katherine Morgan/Grand Gesture Books
Katherine Morgan is the energetic owner of  Portland's first all-romance bookstore.  Her enthusiasm for the genre is sincere and contagious.  Perhaps that's why this Black-woman-owned business, lo...Show More
7) Black Book Talk on 05/01/25
8) Keenan Jones, author of SATURDAY MORNING AT THE 'SHOP
It’s Saturday morning. We hop in the car. Mom’s heading to work, and I’m geeked to go spend the day at the ’shop! The barbershop is a sound booth, an art gallery, a playground, a classroom, and s...Show More
9) Black Book Talk on 03/06/25
10) LOVE, RITA
In Love, Rita Bridgett M. Davis tells the story of her beloved older sister Rita, a vivacious woman who attended Fisk University at age sixteen, and went on to become a car test driver, an amateur...Show More