Turning the Page with Well-Read Black Girl

worldwide reading community. She aims to amplify the voices of BIPOC writers and celebrate their literary achievements, using the power of conversation to help her members connect with each other and grow as people. Well Read black Girl depends on participation from members and the shared experiences their favorite writers expressed so beautifully. On the Well Read Black Girl podcast, Glory has deep, honest conversations with authors of color about

the artcraft, and power of the written word. You'll hear from luminaries like Toronto Burke, Gabrielle Union, Anita Hill, and more about how they found their voices, hone their craft, and navigated the world of publishing. You'll meet black bookstore owners, literary advocates, and Well Read Black Girl book Club members themselves. They talk about what they're reading and how they celebrate the legacies of literary women who paved the way. Here's a trailer of the show. Okay is it going, Okay,

We're ready, I'm ready. Just sound good? All right? Hi? Oh you sound great. It's hi. I'm Glory Adam and I love books, so yeah, I definitely I love, love, love reading as a child, which is why in twenty fifteen I started the Well Read Black Girl book Club because it was appeared in life. Whenever I'm telling Morrison both cave, it was like it was an assignment for me. For years, we've come together to celebrate the work of

female them and non binary writers of color. Oh my gosh, Bell Hooks, she was so clear about the brilliance of the literature creation to buy Black Women. And now on the Well Read Black Girl Podcast, I'm connecting readers everywhere with the most impactful and interesting writers, thinkers, and makers. Today, we'll have intimate, in depth conversations on the power of the written word and explore what it means to be well read. Oh, what it means everything. I take pride

in being well read. You'll hear from authors like men Jin Lee on her journey to writing the books we love to read, so I would go to work seven days a week and I thought, I can't do this anymore. Yeah, so I quit in nineteen nineties, believe, and then I published in two thousand and seven, which means it took twelve years to publish a book an author and activist.

To Rona Burke, a lot of amazing things have happened to me since Me Too a viral, But the only thing that has happened to me that was actually something that I was was a goal in my life was to write. You'll hear from Jacqueline Woodson. It keeps me sane, and writing really does, and it keeps me feeling like I have some control over what happens in the world, whether or not I do or not, and authors like Zeba Blay anytime that I write, I'm trying to be honest.

I'm not even trying to be good. I'm just trying to be honest with myself and get life lessons from author and icon Anita Hill. I've heard from people who said that in nineteen ninety one, they listened to the hearings and then they understood their own experience. That's better, and that's what I think we all as a writer want. Yes, you'll even get to know your favorite writers beyond the page. Oh, we're gonna do rapid fire questions. Okay, So between beloved

the book or beloved the film? Which was better? Definitely the book. Are you a coffee or tea person? Coffee anti? What's your sign? I am all virgo everything. Name a movie that never gets old you can watch over and over and over and over again. Probably Jumanji. If you were a superhero, what would your superpower be? Oh? I have thought about that. My superpower would be every time that I've met someone that I would be able to glimpse their past. Oh that's a good one. Kinship, community support.

You'll find all of this and more on my new weekly show. So tell your friends to tell their friends so we can all be friends. We're in a family. Yeah, I love that. That was a trailer for the new podcast from Pushkin Well read black Girl. You can hear more a episodes wherever you get your podcasts.