On this week's show, we're setting up Shalita Grant, actress and founder of the company Four Naturals Hair. Shalita is a Tony-award nominated actress whose career on the stage has included runs at The Public Theater and Lincoln Center Theater, including originating the role of Cassandra in Christopher Durang's comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Grant is well known for her recurring character on NCIS: New Orleans, Search Party, the Santa Clarita Diet, and the most recent season of YOU.
She recently read and loved Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild and other short stories and Brene Brown’s Power of Vulnerability, and says that she loves fall (especially because of the cozy socks) and could spend a whole autumn season in Barcelona. Her perfect day includes a hike with her girlfriend and a cuddle with her dogs, and she’s a snob about pizza.
The guest: Shalita Grant
The picks:
In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
The Verifiers by Jane Pek
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole
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