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NBN Episodes hosted by Adrian:

adrienne maree brown, "Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good" (AK Press, 2019)

February 17, 2020

Pleasure Activism

adrienne maree brown
Hosted by Adrian King

In the introduction to Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (AK Press, 2019), adrienne maree brown defines pleasure activism as “the work w…

Aisha Shillingford and Terry Marshall, "Black Freedom Beyond Borders: Re-Imaging Gender in Wakanda" (WDL, 2019)

October 28, 2019

Black Freedom Beyond Borders

Aisha Shillingford and Terry Marshall
Hosted by Adrian King

Wakanda Dream Lab’s anthology, Black Freedom Beyond Borders: Re-Imaging Gender in Wakanda, features the work of writers, artists, and activists, as th…

Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, "For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss A Mother F*cker Out When Snatching An Edge Ain’t Enough"

August 19, 2019

For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss A Mother F*cker Out When Snatching An Edge Ain’t Enough

Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
Hosted by Adrian King

Inspired by Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi has written her own beautiful …

jayy dodd, "The Black Condition Ft. Narcissus" (Nightboat Books, 2019)

July 16, 2019

The Black Condition Ft. Narcissus

jayy dodd
Hosted by Adrian King

If the prompt is “respond to a myth of Narcissus using thoughtful, meditative poems,” then jayy dodd gave us a beautiful answer. In The Black Conditio…

Anne Balay, "Semi Queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers" (UNC Press, 2018)

June 3, 2019

Semi Queer

Anne Balay
Hosted by Adrian King

In this multi-layered ethnography that centers truck drivers, Semi Queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers (University of North…

J Mase III, "And Then I Got Fired: One Transqueer’s Reflections on Grief, Unemployment, and Inappropriate Jokes About Death"

May 13, 2019

And Then I Got Fired

J Mase III
Hosted by Adrian King

In his own description of his book, And Then I Got Fired: One Transqueer’s Reflections on Grief, Unemployment, & Inappropriate Jokes About Death, J Ma…