Writing Black is an entertaining and compelling podcast featuring Black writers and showcasing the myriad of ways Black people tell their stories, by interviewing writers from across the diaspora. Each week, host Maiysha Kai, theGrio’s lifestyle editor, talks to some of the best Black playwrights, songwriters, comics, journalists, authors and more about process, popular culture, publishing, and how race inherently inspires and informs their work.
Episode 11
Political Commentator and Author Keith Boykin Is A Big Fan Of Quitting
June 25, 2023 - 42:05
Episode 3
Author Robert Jones, Jr. Is Not Afraid To Show Black LGBTQ Love
June 18, 2023 - 33:03
Episode 9
Tony Award Winner Michael R. Jackson Has A “Big, Black And Queer-Ass American Broadway Show”
June 11, 2023 - 40:15
Episode 32
Music Executive Danyel Smith Gives Black Women In Pop Their Flowers
June 4, 2023 - 44:37
Episode 30
Life, Poems and Family With New York Times Best Seller Clint Smith
April 9, 2023 - 44
Episode 27
The Heart and Soul of “Memphis” with Author Tara M. Stringfellow
March 12, 2023 - 47:09
Episode 20
Civil Rights Pioneer and Living Legend Charlayne Hunter-Gault
January 15, 2023 - 66:00