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 Sixth Pour: The Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
Black Girls Lit!
46 minutes
4 months ago
The Sixth Pour: The Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
The revolution isn’t over—but the vibes have definitely shifted. In this sixth episode of Black Girls Lit!, the hosts return with our special guest and now rotating co-host, Stephanie, to continue unraveling Tomi Adeyemi’s Legacy of Orïsha series. After falling hard for Children of Blood and Bone, our follow-up read—Children of Virtue and Vengeance—stirred up more questions than we expected. This time, the magic feels heavier, the alliances shakier, and the wounds even deeper. What happens wh...
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...
