💪🏽💪🏽“I gave myself permission to do this.”

The most empowering moment of this conversation with Martha Batiz was probably this.

Watch: youtu.be/2gFXHA5wW9w
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📢Out Now!

Episode 25 with @mbatiz.bsky.social is out now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts.

📺📺 Watch here:
youtu.be/2gFXHA5wW9w

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Resharing this episode with Chido Muchemwa and Charlie Muhumuza about getting an MFA in creative writing as more people seem to be interested in it at this time. 😊

Watch: youtu.be/v0_QHjJPMHs

Or listen: open.spotify.com/show/3hH5Cr6...

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Episode 20 with Kid Haile is here! Listen in as we explore the intersection of food, culture, and identity and how mealtime traditions shape our sense of belonging.

📺Watch: youtu.be/nGAiv79NYSg

🎧Listen: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/jou...

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Jenny tells me how Keep, her debut novel, came to be after she didn’t get a spot to attend a workshop with Rachel Cusk.

Often, right next to rejection is the door of possibility.

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📺: youtu.be/XH96GUsZ0wU

🎧: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/jou...

I asked Jonaki how she balances being a scientist and an artist in her work.

Listen to the episode here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/jou...

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My chat with Jonaki Ray is out now! 😀 Jonaki is the author of Firefly Memories, a beautiful poetry collection (part memoir and travelogue) seeking to give voice to those on the search for a place they can call home. 🏡

📺 youtu.be/A-4pqaWn2E4

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Catch up on my conversation with the uber talented AK Herman, where we talk about what it means to honour one's storytelling traditions and write about unassuming but powerful people.

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📺 Watch: youtu.be/qT3tyrPZTYw

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The relationship between the writer and the editor is delicate. Here, Anwuli shares her approach to building trust before a project starts.

📺 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/agoBUidLkj8

🎧 Or listen: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/jou...

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My new podcast episode was a special chat with Anwuli Ojogwu, someone who I consider to be instrumental in shaping modern African literature intentionally.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/jou...

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Monday’s coming with a new episode with Anwuli Ojogwu.

We talk about what Nigerians at home and abroad are writing now, her work on the Caine Prize anthology for 2021/22, and more.

Follow on Spotify to get notified: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/jou...

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Here’s some Monday motivation for you. Chido says it’s not your job to tell yourself your story won’t win.

Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/v0_QHjJPMHs

Or listen wherever you get your podcasts: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lol...

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