For the smart and free-thinking, Black Market Reads is a podcast featuring conversations with today's most exciting Black literary voices. We are a podcast for any one who loves to read, write, and engage. Black Market Reads is a project of The Givens Foundation for African American Literature.
"You can't wait for the well-intentioned people to make up their minds that your life has value or to figure out how to save you."- Justin Ellis Minnesota Nice? In this conversation about The Cruelty of Nice Folks (HarperCollins Publishers 2026), Justin observes "part of the way White Supremacy works is convincing you that your …
“To divorce the history of slavery from these narratives is a disservice to us, to our history, to our understanding of the world.”-Vanessa Riley Inspired by the true story of Jacquotte Delahaye—a 17th-century free woman of color who rose to become one of the most feared pirates in the Caribbean—FIRE SWORD AND SEA (HarperCollins 2026) follows …