Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Christopher B. Patterson about the writing process, name politics, and refusal as activism.
Resources: critical race studies
Kiki Petrosino on Writing from the Body
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Kiki Petrosino about writing from and with the body, place-specific pedagogy, and history’s ghosts.
Fobazi Ettarh on the Limits of Vocational Awe
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews librarian Fobazi Ettarh about radical librarianship, vocational awe, and solidarity in libraries and academia.
Sarah Stefana Smith on a Poetics and Politics of Bafflement
Host Cathy Hannabach chats with artist Sarah Stefana Smith about a poetics and politics of bafflement, Black art, and artistic collaboration.
Anthony Romero on Sound and Socially Engaged Art
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews artist and educator Anthony Romero about socially engaged art, Latinx artist retreats, and the sonic color line.
Amber Jamilla Musser on Valuing Embodied Knowledge
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Amber Jamilla Musser about aesthetics and racialized sexuality and the politics of co-authoring.
Sandra Ruiz on Resetting the Colonial Clock
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Sandra Ruiz about Puerto Rican anti-colonial resistance, performance, and radical curation.
Tania Lizarazo on Listening and Learning in Public
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Tania Lizarazo about digital storytelling, collaborative research, and learning together in public.
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas on Leaving No One Behind
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Ebony Elizabeth Thomas about the power of children’s literature and Black speculative fiction.
Denne Michele Norris on QTPOC Literary Worlds
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Denne Michele Norris about the writing process, making publishing more accessible, and difference as strength.
Jenn M. Jackson on Black Feminist Love and Community Building
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Teen Vogue columnist Jenn M. Jackson about Black feminism, public scholarship, and justice as love in public.
Marisol LeBrón on an Anti-Colonial Abolitionist Praxis
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Marisol LeBrón about policing and US colonialism in Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria’s impact on research.
Jade S. Sasser on Reproductive Justice and Climate Change
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Jade S. Sasser about the reproductive justice movement and climate change activism.
Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón on Women Graffiti Artists
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón about women graffiti writers, feminist curation, and Puerto Rican activism.
Alyshia Gálvez on NAFTA and Transnational Food Justice
Host Cathy Hannabach interviewsAlyshia Gálvez about NAFTA’s destruction of public health in Mexico and the need for public engagement.
Jian Neo Chen on Trans of Color Art and Activism
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Jian Neo Chen about transgender studies publishing and drawing academic inspiration from art and activism.
Aimee Bahng on Speculating from the Undercommons
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Aimee Bahng about speculative fiction, queer of color feminist futures, and challenging US colonialism.
Macarena Gómez-Barris on Fighting Extractive Capitalism
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Macarena Gómez-Barris about using art to fight extractive capitalism and the politics of translation.
Imani Perry on Love as an Ethic
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Imani Perry about critiquing patriarchy, writing as self-care, and redefining productivity.
Francesca T. Royster on Writing Courageously
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Francesca T. Royster about the queer afterlives of soul music and the power of storytelling.
Stacie Williams on Radical Librarianship
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Stacie Williams about the politics of information, radical librarianship, and digital preservation.