Amina Gautier is the author of three short story collections: At-Risk, Now We Will Be Happy and The Loss of All Lost Things. At-Risk was awarded the Flannery Oâ??Connor Award. Now We Will Be Happy was awarded the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, the International Latino Book Award, and was a Finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize. The Loss of All Lost Things was awarded the Elixir Press Award in Fiction, the Phillis Wheatley Award, the Chicago Public Libraryâ??s 21st Century...
Nov 27, 20170
NYT bestselling writer Julie Lythcott-Haims talks about her new memoir Real American about growing up mixed race, biracial.
Nov 21, 20170
All the news about mixed race, multiracial, biracial and interracial experience including host Heidi Durrow's thoughts about this mixed-up world.
Sep 12, 20170
Janet Savage is the author of Jay Gatsby: A Black Man in Whiteface. She is also an entertainment attorney who holds degrees from Harvard Law and Stanford. She lives in California and reads a lot.
Jul 07, 20170
Lisa Ko is the author of The Leavers, a novel which won the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction and will be published by Algonquin Books in May 2017. Her writing has appeared in Best American Short Stories 2016, The New York Times, Apogee Journal, Narrative, O. Magazine, Copper Nickel, Storychord, One Teen Story, Brooklyn Review, and elsewhere. A co-founder of Hyphen and a fiction editor at Drunken Boat, Lisa has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the New York Found...
May 08, 20170
We talk about the new play Supper currently playing at Theatre of NOTE, 1517 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood.
May 01, 20170
In Talking Back, Talking Black devoted solely to the form, structure, and development of Black English, John McWhorter clearly explains its fundamentals and rich history, while carefully examining the cultural, educational, and political issues that have undermined recognition of this transformative, empowering dialect. Talking Back, Talking Black takes us on a fascinating tour of a nuanced and complex language that has moved beyond Americaâ??s borders to become a dynamic force for todayâ??s you...
Mar 13, 20170
Iâ??m a recovering lawyer and politico who turned into a food writer interested in the following topics: African heritage food (especially soul food), barbecue, the intersection of faith and food, and presidential foodways. His newest book is The President's Kitchen Cabinet: African-Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, From the Washingtons to the Obamas.
Mar 10, 20170
Maria Leonard Olsen is a biracial woman whose parents were forbidden by law to marry in their home state of Maryland in the early 1960s. She is the mother of two children, a lawyer, journalist, radio talk show host (WPFW fm 89.3 in Washington, D.C.) and author of the children's book, â??Mommy, Why's Your Skin So Brown?â?? Maria graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, served in the Clinton Administration's Justice Department, fostered newborn babies awaiting adoption, and has bee...
Feb 13, 20170
Amina Gautier is the author of three award-winning short story collections: The Loss of All Lost Things, which won the Elixir Press Award in Fiction, Now We Will Be Happy, which won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize, the USA Best Book Award in African American Fiction a Florida Authors and Publishers Association Award Gold Medal in Short Fiction, and was Long-listed for The Chautauqua Prize in Fiction, and At-Risk, which won the Flannery Oâ??Connor Award for Short Fiction, and received an Eric Hof...
Feb 06, 20170
Catch up on the news of mixed-ness--all things mixed race and multiracial-- and my take on the excellent film Loving.
Nov 07, 20160
I talk with novelist Nicole Blades about her new book The Thunder Beneath Us.
Oct 31, 20160
â??Ginger McKnight-Chavers expertly fuses politics, pop culture and hot topics surrounding race to create one of the most rousingly inspiring reads of fall.â?? â??Redbook Magazine
Oct 24, 20160
Shine Text is led by two inspirational mixed chicks who want to give you the motivation you need each day. Hear their awesome story about growing their business & the great work they are doing!
Oct 19, 20160
Henok is an American magician that has traveled the world to make the impossible a reality. Hailed by his contemporaries as a magician that is able to take classic effects and uniquely present them for modern audiences. He has brought his magic to television, nightclubs, magic publications and living rooms around the globe. Henok has been a featured performer at the Hollywood Magic Castle since 2008 and he was awarded Best of Fringe for the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013 and most recently on Pen...
Oct 10, 20160
Mat Johnson's novel Loving Day is a major hit and it's all about the mixed-race and multiracial experience. Don't miss my interview with this talented and engaging writer.
Oct 04, 20160
Lori L. Tharps is an assistant professor of journalism at Temple University, an award-winning author, freelance journalist and popular speaker. Tharps' new book Same Family, Different Colors debuts Oct. 2016.
Oct 03, 20160
I talk with the sisters behind McBride Sisters Winery --fellow mixed chicks who grew up worlds apart but both with a shared passion for making wine. Hear their story!
Sep 30, 20160
Arica Coleman is is an award-winning American historian whose research focuses on comparative ethnic studies and issues of racial formation and identity. She is the author of is an award-winning American historian whose research focuses on comparative ethnic studies and issues of racial formation and identity.
Sep 16, 20160
Robert Reece is a PhD candidate in sociology at Duke University where He takes an intersectional critical race approach to research on the American South, colorism, gender/sex/sexuality, and digital technology. Robert is a co-founder of Still Furious and Brave, a blogging collective of scholar-activists that focuses on issues that rest at the intersections of race, region, and feminism, and founder of Magnolia Fresh, a fashion blog that seeks to cater to black men in the South. He is also a memb...
Sep 13, 20160
Author of The Other One, Winner of the Juniper Prize for Fiction.
Sep 12, 20160
Mixed in America is a short film documentary series about the stories of biracial people in the proverbial â??melting pot.â?? These are stories to which we can all relate: no matter what color, creed or culture you claim.
Sep 06, 20160
MariNaomi has been making memoir comics since 1997. She's the author and illustrator of the SPACE Prize-winning Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011), the Eisner-nominated Dragon's Breath and Other True Stories (2dcloud/Uncivilized Books, 2014), the newly released Turning Japanese (2dcloud, 2016) and I Thought You Hated Me (Retrofit Comics, 2016), and her self-published Estrus Comics (1998 to 2009). Her work has appeared in over sixty print publications, and h...
Jul 25, 20160
heryl Lu-Lien Tan is a New York-based journalist and author of �?�¢??Sarong Party Girls�?�¢?? (William Morrow, 2016) as well as �?�¢??A Tiger In The Kitchen: A Memoir of Food & Family�?�¢?? (Hyperion, 2011). She is the editor of the fiction anthology �?�¢??Singapore Noir�?�¢?? (Akashic Books, 2014).
Jul 18, 20160
Natashia Deón is the recipient of a PEN Center USA Emerging Voices fellowship and her debut novel, Grace, is debuted June 2016 with Counterpoint Press. An attorney, writer, law professor, and creator of the popular L.A.-based reading series Dirty Laundry Lit, Deón was recently named one of L.A.'s "Most Fascinating People" by L.A. Weekly.
Jul 11, 20160
Dmae Roberts has recently completed her memoir book The Letting Go Trilogies: Stories of a Mixed Race Family which traces four decades of what it means to be a mixed-race adult who sometimes called herself â??Secret Asian Woman. With her personal essays written over a ten-year period, Dmae Roberts journeys through biracial identity, Taiwan, sci-fi, and the trials of her interracial Taiwanese and Oklahoman family amid love, loss and letting go of past regrets and pain.
Jun 30, 20160
Host Heidi Durrow gives us an update on the most epic Festival ever!
Jun 27, 20160
We'll be talking about a mixed-bag of mixed-race news --I'm excited to again welcome Elizabeth Hudson for this episode as a guest co-host!
May 25, 20160
We'll be talking about a mixed-bag of mixed-race news --I'm excited to welcome Elizabeth Hudson for this episode as a guest co-host!
Apr 13, 20160
LITTLE BROWN GIRL is a story of the struggle to re-enter society after living in a cloistered utopian community, Synanon, in Marin County, California. This collaboration by Cassidy Arkin and her mother, Sandra Rogers-Hare is an open child and parent perspective of two very unique lives.
Apr 08, 20160
