Jacke Wilson

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black women

April 8, 2022

The History of Literature #379 – Gwendolyn Brooks | Bharati Preview 2 (with Mira Sundara Rajan)

When the poet Gwendolyn Brooks “writes out of her heart, out of her rich and living background, out of her very real talent,” said The New York Times, “she induces almost unbearable excitement.” From her “headquarters” in Chicago, Brooks spent her life writing poems about the joys and struggles of the Black Americans on the streets Continue reading

Arts, Authors, books, Fiction, history of literature

black women, Gwendolyn Brooks, Literature, Poetry, Pulitzer Prize winners
July 18, 2021

The History of Literature #309 – HoL Presents: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (A Storybound Project)

The History of Literature presents a short story by Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, produced by Storybound. PLUS! In preparation for our Writers Block episode, we hear from three great writers – Virginia Woolf, Iris Murdoch, and Franz Kafka – who privately (and achingly) wrote about not writing. Enjoy! Deesha Philyaw’s debut Continue reading

history of literature, Podcast

Black church, black women, deesha philyaw, secrets, sex, storybound project