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In this bonus clip @trisharthomas shares what she’s learned about writing and the publishing industry 25 years after her debut. by @blkandpublished

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Nappily Ever After, by @trisharthomas celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. It’s one of the first books that illustrates the journey of self-love through a Black woman’s relationship with her hair.

Venus Johnston had the man, the career, and the hair she thought would get her a promotion and a ring. But when neither materializes and her boo shows up with a puppy instead of a jewelry box, Venus shaves her head in a moment of rebellion but comes to realize it was her first step toward liberation. by @blkandpublished

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This week on @blkandpublished #podcast @trisharthomas comes through to discuss her writing and publishing journey 25 years after the debut of NAPPILY EVER AFTER.
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In our conversation she discusses why she believes Black beauty culture has always been about both power and pain.

Plus, what still excites her about publishing and the Hollywood titan she’s taking on through historical fiction.

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In this bonus clip @deeshaphilyaw a churched girl for 35 years, reveals how she ACCIDENTALLY became a Christian 😯 by @blkandpublished

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Happy MF Pub Day to @deeshaphilyaw with her debut novel THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN. The novel follows First Lady Scharisee Freeman, over a year as she competes in the First Lady USA pageant for middle-aged, mega-church pastors’s wives. A social pariah amongst the other contestants, Scharisse is on a mission to win each of the other First Ladies over and be back in their inner circle. But when scandal breaks between Scharisse and a pastor known to cheat on his wife, First Lady Freeman has to decide whether she will suffer in silence or finally tell the truth.. and shame the devil.. even if it costs her everything she’s worked for. by @blkandpublished

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This week on @blkandpublished #podcast @deeshaphilyaw is back to discuss her debut novel THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN.

It’s a satirical romp through a Black mega-church from the perspective of its esteemed First Lady, Scharisse Freeman.

In our conversation, Deesha discusses starting this novel twenty years ago fresh off the heels of her divorce and the beginning stages of deconstructing her own faith.

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In this bonus clip I ask thee @amenabee a very inappropriate question: “Do you feel like you missed out on having a ho phase?”

Watch for the answer. by @blkandpublished

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Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl by @amenabee first treats Black Girl as a verb. It tells stories of how Amena specifically does Black Girl, from growing up churched to leaving the church, how she met her husband, what it takes to make a relationship work, and what you should never ask a married couple. There are meditations on everything from hair to breast size and everything in between. by @blkandpublished

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This week on @blkandpublished #podcast @amenabee comes through to discuss her essay collection NEVER TELL A BLACK GIRL HOW TO BLACK GIRL.

It’s not Amena’s first book, but the first where she felt like she could say what she wanted. In our conversation, Amena explains how long it took for her to deconstruct the harmful conservative Christian theology that had to be included in her first two books before she found her authentic voice.

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In this bonus clip, @tclarkbigtime breaks down the importance of making consent a major theme in their short story collection. by @blkandpublished

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All This Want (and I Can’t Get None), is the debut short story collection from @tclarkbigtime . In 12 stories T unpacks what it’s like to grow up girl, queer, nonbinary, or same-gender loving in the northeast at a time when predators were praised, the kids played “hide and go get it,” and consent was passed off as a platitude instead of as an invitation about who does and does not have access and privilege to our company let alone our bodies. by @blkandpublished

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This week on @blkandpublished #podcast @tclarkbigtime comes through to discuss their debut short story collection ALL THIS WANT (AND I CAN’T GET NONE).

The collection is made up of 12 stories that follow young girls and queer teens as they come of age and how their simple desires make them vulnerable.

In our conversation, T discusses how their desires have changed as their basic needs have been met.

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