Black Writers Read
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.
Podcasting since 2022 • 102 episodes
Black Writers Read
Latest Episodes
Why Not Us?, featuring wife writing team, Naomi Rivers
This episode features our conversation with Naomi Rivers.Naomi Rivers writes lesbian romance and women’s fiction. Naomi R...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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1:12:04
How Culture & Colonization Inform Craft, On Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico and Climate Change featuring Dorsía Smith Silva
This episode features our conversation with Dorsía Smith Silva, which was live-streamed on October 19, 2025. We chatted about her debut poetry collection,
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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1:27:03
Kiss My Art & the Living Memoir featuring Tiriq Rashad
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 word album,
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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54:29
Filtering Out the "Noise" Through Poetry featuring Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton
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-Chiz...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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1:25:59
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