Black Writers Read: Kerika Fields

This episode features our latest conversation with Kerika Fields, which was live- streamed on Saturday, October 28, 2023. We chatted about her latest book, With Your Bad Self. 

​​Kerika Fields is a Brooklyn, New York-based writer and photographer whose work has been published and exhibited widely. She is the author of With Your Bad Self (Jacaranda Books, November 29, 2022). With Your Bad Self is a coming-of-age love story set in an economically challenged Brooklyn on the precipice of WWII where 'Love Conquers All' may not be true this time. Her debut book, He’s Gone…You’re Back! The Right Way to Get Over Mr. Wrong, was published by Kensington Publishing and released in 2010.

She has covered current events and the arts & entertainment scene in NYC for over two decades. Her articles and photographs have appeared in The Amsterdam News, Black Elegance, Caribbean Life, The Daily News, Honey, Savoy, The Source, Spice!, Variety, Vibe and online at ABFF.com, Bust.com, curlynikki.com, soulhead.com, and Tuenight.com.

Kerika Fields' photographs have been exhibited at The African American Museum of Philadelphia, The Brooklyn Historical Society, The Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn Moon Café, Corridor Gallery in Brooklyn, Five Myles Gallery in Brooklyn, 40 Acres Art Gallery in San Francisco, The McKenna Museum in New Orleans, and the RUSH Arts Gallery and Leica Gallery in Manhattan.

She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband, daughter, and the spirit of her cat Smokey. Learn more about Kerika and her other work by visiting withyourbadself.com.

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