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Writing Black with Maiysha Kai

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Writing Black is an entertaining and compelling podcast featuring Black writers and showcasing the myriad of ways Black people tell their stories by interviewing writers from across the diaspora. Each week, host Maiysha Kai, theGrio’s lifestyle editor, talks to some of the best Black playwrights, songwriters, comics, journalists, authors, and more about the process, popular culture, publishing, and how race inherently inspires and informs their work.

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Episodes

The Son of Baldwin, Robert Jones, Jr. 27.08.2022 33:04

Maiysha talks with New York Times Best Seller author and Son of Baldwin creator Robert Jones, Jr. about his book "The Prophets." Robert explains how he came up with the concept of a novel about Black queer love during slavery, and how his identity influences his writing and the writers that influenced him.

From SNL to PAUSE Star, Comedian Sam Jay 21.08.2022 32:44

Maiysha sits down with Comedian and TV writer Sam Jay about her HBO hit series "PAUSE", what it is like to work with her friends on her Peacock show "Bust Down", her time on SNL and making space in comedy and TV for others like her.

The Genius Behind Jeen-yuhs, Kanye Collaborator J. Ivy 12.08.2022 38:46

TheGrio Black Podcast Network presents Writing Black with Maiysha Kai, with special guest J. Ivy, the Grammy-nominated poet, songwriter, and writer of the hit Netflix Kanye West documentary "#Jeenyuhs" Writing Black features wordsmiths across mediums and genres. Kai's podcast showcases the myriad ways Black people tell their stories and how identity informs and intersects with craft and language...

Writing Black debuts August 14th 28.07.2022 0:35