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It’s Lit! [Unabridged]

PBS

Welcome to It’s Lit! [Unabridged], the sister podcast to the popular YouTube series It’s Lit!. Hosted by Princess Weekes, this 10-episode podcast spinoff will feature lively conversations with noted authors about their work, discussions about influential novels, and issues related to books and literature. It’s Lit! [Unabridged] delivers the conversations you want to have during your book club, but without having to actually sign up for one.

Credits:

Host, Writer + Producer - Princess Weekes

Executive Producer - Amanda Fox

Coordinating Producers - Stephanie Noone, Thomas Fernandes

Sound Edit + Mix - Crutch Phrase Studio

Fact Checker - Yvonne McGreevy

Music provided by APM

For PBS:

Executive in Charge: Maribel Lopez

Director of Programming: Gabrielle Ewing

The It’s Lit Podcast has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

It’s Lit! [Unabridged] is produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios.

© 2022 PBS. All rights reserved.

PBS (2021)

Welcome to It’s Lit! [Unabridged], the sister podcast to the popular YouTube series It’s Lit!. Hosted by Princess Weekes, this 10-episode podcast spinoff will feature lively conversations with noted authors about their work, discussions about influential novels, and issues related to books and literature. It’s Lit! [Unabridged] delivers the conversations you want to have during your book club, but without having to actually sign up for one.

Credits:

Host, Writer + Producer - Princess Weekes

Executive Producer - Amanda Fox

Coordinating Producers - Stephanie Noone, Thomas Fernandes

Sound Edit + Mix - Crutch Phrase Studio

Fact Checker - Yvonne McGreevy

Music provided by APM

For PBS:

Executive in Charge: Maribel Lopez

Director of Programming: Gabrielle Ewing

The It’s Lit Podcast has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

It’s Lit! [Unabridged] is produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios.

© 2022 PBS. All rights reserved.

PBS (2021)
6hr 56min
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Author and Activist Mikki Kendall joins us in a discussion about the complex history of Black voices in literature.
Thumbnail for "The Vital Importance of Book Clubs with Glory Edim".
Glory Edim and Princess talk about memoir writing, literature that speaks to black women, and the importance of cook clubs.
Thumbnail for "Celebrating Black Authors with Sarah Raughley".
Author Sarah Raughley joins Princess in a celebratory discussion about the importance of Black authorship.
Thumbnail for "World-building in Sci-fi and Fantasy with Dr. Moiya McTier".
Dr. Moiya McTier joins the podcast to chat about world-building in sci-fi and fantasy.
Thumbnail for "Queer Romance in Modern Fiction with Freya Marske".
Queer romance, fan fiction, and analyzing the mainstream with Australian novelist and podcaster Freya Marske.
Thumbnail for "The Importance of Diverse Young Adult Fiction with Mark Oshiro".
Author Mark Oshiro joins the podcast to talk about the impact of diversity in young adult literature.
Thumbnail for "Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga with V.E. Schwab".
Writer V.E. Schwab joins the podcast to talk with Princess about the impact of graphic novels and other illustrated text.
Thumbnail for "Fantasy, Science Fiction and Journeying into the Past with Alix E. Harrow".
Writer Alix E. Harrow joins Princess in a discussion of how science fiction and fantasy writing is changing as cultures grow more visibly diverse.
Thumbnail for "Book to Film Adaptations with Izzy from Be Kind Rewind".
Izzy and Princess talk about film adaptations of books - when it works, when it doesn't - and why.
Thumbnail for "Do the Classics Fail Us? With Ibi Ziboi".
Author Ibi Zoboi talks about the relatability of the "Western Canon" to younger, more diverse readers.
Thumbnail for "Welcome to It's Lit! [Unabridged]".
The Lit Class you wish you’d taken.

Hope and Rage in Black Literature with Mikki Kendall

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February 1, 202238min 28sec

Throughout history, Black voices have been outspoken about the institutional oppression they have faced. From the slave narratives like those of Mary Prince, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Jacobs white audiences were given a glimpse into the emotional, physical, and psychological horrors of enslavement. Authors like Frances Harper tackled the rebuilding of the Black family in books like Iola Leroy. In the 1920s, the Harlem Renaissance created an entire generation of Black American and Caribbean American authors who gave voice to the new burdens that racist society held for freed Blacks. We also began to see Black female authors speak more openly about the double oppression of gender and race. Ida B Wells-Barnett, was one of the most influential Black journalists of her time, and still today, with her reporting on lynching in the American south. Literature is filled with Black rage, Black pain, but also Black hope for a future in which their descendants will not have to march for the same rights we fight for in the present. Today we are going to talk about verbalizing Black rage, especially that of Black women and Black queer folk, and what we gain today by looking closely at the literary history of the Black revolution.

Unabridged is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Democracy demands wisdom.

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