The Root Presents: It's Lit!
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Episodes: 65
Description
Here at The Root we’ve always loved, praised, and centered Black literature in the broader conversation. Each week host Maiysha Kai sits down with an author we love to talk about their work, what inspires them, and what they hope to contribute to the culture at large. Guests so far include Nikole Hannah Jones, Brittney Cooper, Stacey Abrams, Ibram X. Kendi, Ijeoma Oluo, Morgan Jerkins, and Claudia Rankine.
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A Message For Our Listeners
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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59. Solving Black Nerd Problems, With William Evans and Omar Holmon
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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58. Nathan Harris on The Sweetness of Water
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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57. Keke Palmer on Slinging Southern Belle Insults
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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56. Writing Cack-Handed, With Gina Yashere
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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55. Dr. Keisha N. Blain on Reviving the Story of Fannie Lou Hamer
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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54. Creating Worlds, With Namina Forna
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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53. The Joy of Bamboozling, With Yvonne Orji
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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52. Keith Boykin on the Race Against Time
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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51. Why Fantasy is the Next Frontier, With Ayana Gray
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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50. How Phoebe Robinson is Getting Us All Tiny Reparations
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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49. Alicia Garza Explains the Purpose of Power
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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48. We Can't Unfollow Jill Louise Busby
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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47. Gabrielle Union is Back With Something Stronger
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Poetically Justified, With Nikki Giovanni (RECAST)
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Jason Reynolds On Why Kids Are The Best Audience To Write For (RECAST)
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Getting Crunk With Brittney Cooper (RECAST)
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Searching For The Color Purple, With Salamishah Tillet (RECAST)
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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46. Rekindling Romance and Writing Sex, With Tia Williams
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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45. Revisiting '80s Music, Androgyny and Art, with Adrian Loving
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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44. Exploring the Ethereal With Akwaeke Emezi
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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43. Speaking to Everyman, With M Shelly Conner
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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42. Carol Anderson and the Fatal Inequality of The Second Amendment
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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41. Clint Smith Tells Us How the Word Is Passed
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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40. Kiley Reid Takes Us Through ‘Such A Fun Age’
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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39. Dawnie Walton Takes Us On an Imagined Trip Through Black Rock History In ‘The Final Revival of Opal and Nev’
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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38. Hanif Abdurraqib Illuminates the History of Black Entertainment With ‘A Little Devil in America’
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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37. Zakiya Dalila Harris Makes Us Think Twice With ‘The Other Black Girl’
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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36. Deesha Philyaw Talks The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
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May 28, 2021 |
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35. Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade on Honesty, Storytelling, and Their Sweet Shady Baby
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May 21, 2021 |
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34. Stacey Abrams Is the Hero We Need, Writing the Heroes She Wishes She’d Had
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May 14, 2021 |
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33. Jasmine Mans Calls Us Closer With “Black Girl, Call Home”
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May 07, 2021 |
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32. Tarana Burke and Tanya Fields Remind Us “You Are Your Best Thing”
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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31. Robert Jones, Jr. Talks Baldwin, Black Queerness and Why Antebellum Slavery Must Be Remembered
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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30. Getting Good With Money, With Tiffany Aliche
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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29. Zerlina Maxwell Wants to Heal Our Liberal Divide
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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28. Exploring the Disordered Cosmos, With Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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27. Studying the Book of Bevelations, With Bevy Smith
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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26. Karyn Parsons' Story Is Fresher Than Hilary Banks
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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25. Talking Ida B. and Queen Tings, With Michelle Duster
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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24. Searching For The Color Purple, With Salamishah Tillet
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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23. Alice Randall Takes Us To The Black Bottom
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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22. The Next Great Migration, With Charles Blow
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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21. Drs. Keisha Blain and Ibram X. Kendi Talk 400 Years and 400 Souls
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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20. Clover Hope Brings Us The Motherlode
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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19. Talking Prose, Passing and the Power of Black Women, With Brit Bennett
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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18. Into Thick of It, With Michelle Buteau
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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17. Kenrya Rankin Wants to Have a Word About Anti-Racism
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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16. The Transcendent Work of Yaa Gyasi
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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15. Two is Better Than One, With Maika and Maritza Moulite
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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14. A Special Holiday Episode from It's Lit!
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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13. Poetically Justified, With Nikki Giovanni
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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12. Unlocking the Mystery of Writing, With Walter Mosley
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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11. Michaela Angela Davis on the Meaning of Mariah Carey
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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10. Going Black to the Future, With Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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9. Jason Reynolds On Why Kids Are The Best Audience To Write For
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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8. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings on Whether We're Better Than This
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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7. How Marley Dias Gets It Done
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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6. George M. Johnson on Purpose, Pronouns and the Power of Identity
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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5. So You Want to Talk About Ijeoma Oluo
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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4. Just Us: Talking Justice With Claudia Rankine
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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3. Wandering in Strange Lands, With Morgan Jerkins
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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2. Getting Crunk with Brittney Cooper
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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1. 401 Years a Slave, With Nikole Hannah-Jones
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Introducing The Root Presents: It's Lit!
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Sep 14, 2020 |