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Ever close a book and immediately need to debrief?Arielle and Tasha here: two self-appointed saboteurs taking on one book a month and tracing the threads between fiction, history, culture, and real life.
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Sky Full of Elephants (opens the original)
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**Content warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault and self-harm. Listener discretion is advised.** What would happen if every white person in the world suddenly died, leaving Black people and other people of color to rebuild society and decide what comes next? In this episode of *Shelf Sabotage*, Tasha and Arielle discuss Cebo Campbell’s *Sky Full of Elephants*, Left on Read’s September Book Club selection. They unpack the novel’s world-building, character development, racial
Zeal (opens the original)
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Tune in as Arielle and Tasha dive into Zeal by Morgan Jerkins, a sweeping, multigenerational novel about love, loss, family secrets, and the ways one generation’s choices can shape those that follow. They discuss the dual timelines, Tirzah and Harrison’s enduring connection, Ardelia and Oliver’s complicated relationship, and whether the ending delivers on the story’s promise. Note: This episode includes discussion of domestic violence and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.
Seven Daughters of Dupree, Part 2 (opens the original)
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Note: This episode includes discussion of domestic violence and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised. Author Nikesha Elise Williams joins us for part two to discuss the family secrets, complicated relationships, and generations of Black women at the center of the novel. We also talk about her writing and publishing journey, the choices behind the story, and what she hopes readers carry with them after the final page. Listen to the new episode of Shelf Sabotage ™ wherever you get your p
Seven Daughters of Dupree, Part 1 (opens the original)
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In Part 1 of our conversation about The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams, we unpack the secrets, relationships, and inherited wounds connecting seven generations of women from 1860 to 1995. We talk through our first impressions, the shifting timeline, the characters who tested our patience, and the ways the novel explores motherhood, colorism, passing, hair, reproductive trauma, family silence, and the harm that can grow when people refuse to tell the truth. Listen now and sta
Harlem Rhapsody, Part 2: An Interview with Victoria Christopher Murray (opens the original)
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Check out Part 2 of our Harlem Rhapsody discussion. This time, we're joined by the book's author, Victoria Christopher Murray, who discusses the research behind the novel, her writing process, the choices she made in telling Jessie Redmon Fauset’s story, and where history ends and fiction begins. We also get into Victoria's latest novel, the responsibility of writing real Black historical figures, and what she hopes readers carry with them after reading Harlem Rhapsody .
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