Do you hear what I hear? Yup -- THE DRIP is back and this time you can actually hear us talking! In this episode, the Spoilers work through how to think about representations of sexual violence in the wake of Kavanaugh; they talk marriage, mass incarceration, race and masculinity, and creepy Roy dolls; and they resist the desperate urge to line up on Team Roy or Team Celestial (no Team Dre).
This gem is packed full of delectable moments, mostly because it's the second time we've talked about this novel. You won't hear the first because no one could hear us over the raucous crowd at Heritage when we first tried to record this episode a couple weeks ago. This time we took it all back home to a quiet place, and if we don't say so, we are a little more thoughtful, generally brilliant, and much easier on the ears. Listen all the way to the end for the added treat of a sweet outtake from our first recording effort at Heritage -- that's right, it's Crystal rocking an impromptu performance of "Sorry" from FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/ WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF during sound check. It is so worth it.
Episode 47 -- A Plot-Full of BLACK CAKE: Charmaine Wilkerson Serves It Up Thick
Episode 46 --It May Be a Man’s World, But Esi’s Got a Car: Ama Ata Aidoo’s CHANGES
Episode 45 -- Trains, Pains, and Barnacles: Suzette Mayr’s THE SLEEPING CAR PORTER
Driplet #4 -- ”It Must Be the Gas”: A Journey Inside Todd’s Broken Brain
Episode 44 -- Profound Sentences: James Baldwin’s GIOVANNI’S ROOM
Episode 43 -- Hold the Pum Pum Jokes: Learning to Love Leone Ross’s POPISHO
Episode 42 -- A Touch of Grey: Attica Locke’s THE CUTTING SEASON
Episode 41 -- Don’t Say It: Language, Teaching, and Community
Episode 40 -- Easy Does It: Walter Mosley’s DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
Episode 39 -- Apparently, We Love Her: Toni Morrison’s SULA
Episode 38 -- Eloghosa Osunde’s VAGABONDS!: We Are the Majority!
Episode 37 -- Around the World, Around the Corner: Discombobulated Migrations in Namrata Poddar’s BORDER LESS
Episode 36 -- Ghostly Reverberations: Louise Erdrich’s THE SENTENCE
Episode 35 -- Genre, Critique, and Relaxing Hair Grease: Zakiya Dalila Harris’ THE OTHER BLACK GIRL
Episode 34 -- Seams of Subjection: Afia Atakora’s CONJURE WOMEN
Episode 33 -- No More Crumbs: Deesha Philyaw's THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES
Episode 32 --A Sister Souljah Seminar, or The Coldest Episode Ever
Episode 31 -- Chaste Heat and Sweet Potato Pie: Beverly Jenkins' JOSEPHINE
Episode 30 -- There is a Balm: Robert Jones Jr.'s THE PROPHETS
Episode 29 -- Black and White and Misread All Over: Nella Larsen's PASSING
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