...But Make It Books

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Join Niccara, host of ...But Make It Books features candid conversations with authors, bookstore owners, and literary figures—bookishly healing through life, one story at a time. Explore the creativity and passion behind the books and people shaping the literary world. Because everything's better when you make it books.

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Black Love Is Revolutionary... 11.05.2023 28:40

Episode 5 of …But Make it Books is here! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss the revolutionary act of Black Love, the Romance genre, why we all should read more Black love stories, and ask "What is love?". Books Discussed: Waiting to Exhale by Terry Seven Days in June Wedding Date Series You Had Me At Hola Take A Hint, Danni Brown The Death of Vivek Oji www.charmcitybooks.com

America The Beautiful . . . 27.04.2023 31:16

Title: America the Beautiful... In this episode, Niccara and Brandon discuss the battles of living under the American system, the power of love and family, the imagery of the American Dream using Patricia Engel’s novel ‘Infinite Country’. Listen in - and remember to keep bookishly healing through life. Reading List: Infinite Country by Patricia Engel An American Marriage by Tayari Jones The Ways o...

Banned Books... 13.04.2023 38:49

Niccara and Brandon discuss why books are banned, the power of control, the books that should be banned, and how children are the future, in everyone’s eyes. Books Discussed: All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas Notable links to sources you’ll hear: h...

Do What You Gotta Do... 30.03.2023 36:48

Episode 2 of …But Make it Books is here! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss survival, the difference between survival and healing, Richmond geography, and relatable lessons in a classic Black comedy. Books Discussed: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson You made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Awake Emezi www.charmcitybooks.com

Who Dis . . . 16.03.2023 40:10

Welcome to the inaugural episode of …But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they share how they feel about starting a podcast, give insight on themselves through books, and clarify their Skittle preferences. Books Discussed: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Home by Toni Morrison Parable of the Talents by Octavia...