A new year means new energy—but first, we’re facing the mirror. In our first episode of 2026, we step into Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, a novel that captures the chaos, vulnerability, and raw beauty of a woman on the edge of everything. Queenie is navigating heartbreak, mental health, career microaggressions, family pressure, and a relationship to self that’s unraveling in public—and in silence. The story hit home for all of us. There’s a kind of emotional honesty here that doesn’t flin...
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A new year means new energy—but first, we’re facing the mirror. In our first episode of 2026, we step into Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, a novel that captures the chaos, vulnerability, and raw beauty of a woman on the edge of everything. Queenie is navigating heartbreak, mental health, career microaggressions, family pressure, and a relationship to self that’s unraveling in public—and in silence. The story hit home for all of us. There’s a kind of emotional honesty here that doesn’t flin...
The Seventh Pour: The Children of Anarchy and Anguish by Tomi Adeyemi
Black Girls Lit!
51 minutes
4 months ago
The Seventh Pour: The Children of Anarchy and Anguish by Tomi Adeyemi
We’ve come to the end—but this one didn’t go quietly. In the final episode of our Legacy of Orïsha series, we dive into Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi—and it’s a whirlwind from beginning to end. From explosive pacing to emotional swings, Book 3 pushed us all in different directions. Some of us closed the book... let’s just say, with more feelings than fulfillment. And yes, a little heat came through the mic as we tried to process what really landed—and what left us aski...
Black Girls Lit!
A new year means new energy—but first, we’re facing the mirror. In our first episode of 2026, we step into Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, a novel that captures the chaos, vulnerability, and raw beauty of a woman on the edge of everything. Queenie is navigating heartbreak, mental health, career microaggressions, family pressure, and a relationship to self that’s unraveling in public—and in silence. The story hit home for all of us. There’s a kind of emotional honesty here that doesn’t flin...
