Books Are Pop Culture

BAPC x Parable of the Sower Earthseed finally has its day on Books Are Pop Culture, and how lucky are we to have Chanecka Williams, the Events Coordinator of Kindred Stories, join us to discuss one of Octavia Butler's best known and bestselling works: Parable of the Sower Follow Chanecka Williams on Instagram & Twitter. Support Kindred Stories. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community Follow B...

BAPC × Chris Herring Did you know that the New York Knicks are the most valuable franchise in the NBA ? That fact, by default, makes Chris Herring's Blood in the Garden , one of the most valuable basketball books ever written, and we are thankful to have spent some time with him discussing the New York Knicks of the 1990s. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop...

Reggie and Akili introduce you to The Days: A Newsletter From BAPC (7:38).  They also discuss Black Literature's Representation Trap and the way Black Authors are covered in the New York Times (17:38). Subscribe to The Days : A Newsletter From Books Are Pop Culture Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community. Follow BAPC on Instagram . Shop BAPC's Bookshop .

BAPC × Kendra Allen Kendra Allen is the realest and so is her memoir, Fruit Punch . Fittingly she pulled no punches when it came to conversing with us and we all benefit so much from that. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

BAPC × Margaret Wilkerson Sexton Award Winning, Consistent, Prolific, and one of our best writers; Margaret Wilkerson Sexton joins BAPC to discuss her third novel, On The Rooftop . Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

BAPC x Mohsin Hamid Reggie and Akili are joined by a certified legend, Mohsin Hamid . He discusses his latest from his uniquely gifted catalog, The Last White Man . Join The Fellowship —BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

Reggie & Akili talk about Where Book Data Can Be Located (or not) (5:05), The Trauma Plot (54:12), National Book Award Finalists (114:24) & more. Where is the Book Data?  https://www.publicbooks.org/where-is-all-the-book-data/ https://www.publicbooks.org/audiobooks-consumption-data/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/11/opinion/culture/diversity-publishing-industry.html https...

BAPC x Sidik Fofana Sidik Fofana wrote a canonical story collection, Stories From The Tenants Downstairs , and we are lucky enough to have spent some quality time with him. Join The Fellowship —BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

BAPC x The Known World Reggie & Akili breakdown Edward P. Jones's canonical novel, The Known World . Join The Fellowship —BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

BAPC at 50! For the 50th Episode Reggie and Akili go Live to kick it with the people in real time. They talk about 2021 being a great year for publishing ( 8:42 ), Spotify having 300,000 Audiobooks and what that means for books themselves ( 24:28 ), and they spend a good amount of time talking about Banned Books since last week was Banned Books Week ( 36:35 ). National Book Awards Longlist Booker...

BAPC x Jonathan Escoffery 2022 National Book Award Finalist Jonathan Escoffery made time for BAPC and we are very pleased, and know you will be too. We discuss his debut short story collection, If I Survive You. Join The Fellowship —BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

BAPC × Leila Mottley Leila Mottley exceeds the hype—thankfully she found some time to spend with BAPC to discuss her magnificent debut novel, Nightcrawling . Join The Fellowship —BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

BAPC × Frederick Joseph Fred is two time New York Times Bestseller and he is set to don that title many more times as he is putting in the work. He talks about his second bestseller, Patriarchy Blues , and much more in this highly anticipated episode of Books Are Pop Culture. Join The Fellowship —BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

The Two man weave is here again. Reggie and Akili talk about the Publishing Industry [Not] being broken (3:26) and Gen Z BookTok running the numbers up for Colleen Hoover, and Romance by extension (36:28). Join The Fellowship —BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

Reggie and Akili invited another legend in the lore of Books Are Pop Culture—Theodore Gill—back to the show. This time to discuss We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin: The August #ReadWithBAPC Pick. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

The 2 Man Weave is back. Reggie and Akili talk How To Get Published (5:54), Promoting Your Own Books (35:17), Celebrating the Color Purple (55:19), The Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize (67:30), and they introduce Two new weekly segments: Upcoming Books (78:30) and Pleasure Reading (85:51). Upcoming Books: Soul Culture Didn't Nobody Give A Shit Happened to Carlotta Reading For Pleasure: Invisible...

BAPC × Blitz Bazawule Blitz Bazawule does IT ALL (novelist, filmmaker, producer, recording artist, & more), Thankfully he found a pocket of time for BAPC. We're grateful. We talk to this all-star about The Scent of Burnt Flowers, The Color Purple, African American & West African Relations, Getting into the mud when researching & much more. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community h...

Reggie and Akili had a first in the world of Books Are Pop Culture (in podcast land) a special guest co-host! Chinelo Ikem who is an amazing figure in the world book influencing. Also someone who is always tapped into the culture around books so who better to discuss the Penguin Random House vs. The Department of Justice Trial, and whether or not the attack on Salman Rushdie is a real example of w...

*** Episode Recorded on the morning of 8/13/22 *** Reggie and Akili have a list of topics that range from sad to funny and all things between in this episode.  They talk about the recent assault of Salman Rushdie. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/salman-rushdie-assaulted-at-new-york-lecture/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62528689 The ongoing Antitrust trial...

BAPC x Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Reggie and Akili spend time with Mecca Jamilah Sullivan to discuss her awesome debut novel, Big Girl. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

BAPC x Moses McKenzie Reggie and Akili are joined by Moses McKenzie, author of what Kirkus Reviews called "the most exciting UK debuts in years," An Olive Grove in Ends. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

BAPC x Candice Marie Benbow. This episode is special.  Reggie and Akili talk to Candice Marie Benbow about all of the things, including Red Lip Theology. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/booksarepopculture Follow BAPC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/booksarepopculture Shop BAPC's Bookshop: https://www.bookshop.org/shop/booksarepopculture

BAPC x Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Reggie and Akili breakdown the #ReadWithBAPC Pick for the month of July - Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer. Join The Fellowship— BAPC's Patreon Community Follow BAPC on Instagram Shop BAPC's Bookshop

Reggie & Akili get together to discuss the Booker Prize Longlist, Obama's Summer Reading List, Joyce Carol Oates and "underprivileged" young white male writers, (Social) Media Influencer Certificates, Instagram attempting to be TikTok (& not looking back), $400k worth of Jewelry at the church, Jimmy Butler's Locs, and much more. Booker Prize Longlist. https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library...

BAPC x D. Watkins Reggie and Akili have their time of their lives with D. Watkins. They discuss his latest book, Black Boy Smile. Join The Fellowship—BAPC's Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/booksarepopculture Follow BAPC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/booksarepopculture Shop BAPC's Bookshop: https://www.bookshop.org/shop/booksarepopculture