Remarkable Receptions

A few black men fiction readers provide takes on Rion Amilcar Scott's story "The Electric Joy of Service" about robots, AI, slavery, and insurrection.  Narration by Kassandra Timm. Written by Howard Rambsy II with contributions from Terrance Wellmaker, Albert Smith, and Jalen White

A short take on  "one of the most important economic circuits in the history of the world.”   Episode by Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassandra Timm 

A short take on Southern Black Writers. Episode by Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassandra Timm

A short take on a memorable scene from Toni Morrison's Sula. Written by Cindy Reed. Read by Kassandra Timm

A short take  on Keneth Kinnamon's extensive bibliographies on Richard Wright. Written by Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassandra Timm.

A short take about the dedications offered by Black novelists in their books. Episode by Howard Rambsy II  Read by Kassandra Timm 

A short take about a far-reaching honor bestowed on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Written by Jewell Humphrey  Read by Kassandra Timm

A short take on the prolific and creative work of Colson Whitehead  Episode by Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassandra Timm

A short take on speculative fiction writer, Octavia Butler.   Written by Ebony Lumumba. Read by Kassandra Timm.

A short take about the ways movie producers light-wash black characters. Episode written and read by Nicole Dixon.

A short take on Thuso Mbedu from South Africa who was cast as a 15-year-old enslaved black girl named Cora in the film adaptation of Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad . Episode written and read by Nicole Dixon

A short take on some varied possibilities of black casting in films adapted from African American novels.  Written by Nicole Dixon Read by Kassandra Timm.

A short take on novelist Frank Yerby.  Written by Valerie Matthews. Read by Kassandra Timm

A short take on Ann Petry's The Street. Written by Angel C. Dye Read by Kassandra Timm

A short take on superheroes Miles Morales.  Written by Terrance Wellmaker Read by Kassandra Timm

A short take on Ben McFall, who managed the fiction section at the Strand for over four decades.  Written by Howard Rambsy Read by Kassandra Timm

A short take on an alternative way of understanding a popular Toni Morrison quotation.  Written by Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassandra Timm

A short take on the graphic novel Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century   written by Adrian Matejka and drawn by Youssef Daoudi. Episode written by Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassandra Timm

A short take on Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror. Written by Terrance Wellmaker. Read by Kassandra Timm.

A short take on Wayetu Moore's debut novel about a redheaded Black woman with supernatural powers.  Written by Ebony Lumumba. Read by Kassandra Timm

A short take on Black superheroes and their appearances in the 1970s.  Written by Stephyn Phillips. Read by Kassandra Timm.

A short take on African American novels adapted to film by Barry Jenkins. Written by Nicole Dixon Read by Kassandra Timm

An episode about African American Literary Data Work, covering subjects such as frequently featured authors in scholarly journals, film adaptations and Wikipedia pageviews, novel ratings on Goodreads, and Toni Morrison's reception. The episode was written by Kenton Rambsy and Howard Rambsy II.  Read by Kassandra Timm.

A short take on the remarkable reception of Toni Morrison.  Written by Kenton Rambsy and Howard Rambsy II. Read by Kassandra Timm. 

A short take on African American literary data work. Written by Kenton Rambsy and Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassndra Timm.