If you've been missing the us during the lockdown, fear not! We're back with a new jumbo episode for all y'all to dig into. Recording in the shadow of Covid 19, Ahmaud Arbery, and the George Floyd murder, the Spoilers take solace in the Vai maxim whispered by the narrator of Moore's compelling novel: "Fengbe kemu beh" -- we have nothing, but we have each other. In this episode we give you the rundown on magic realism and other confusing literary terms, we talk gender and colonialism, we learn a ton about Liberia, and we ruminate on black triumph. Get ready for a spicy episode filled with invisibility, talking weather, and pregnant ghosts. This thing has everything. Most importantly, we engage Moore's beautiful story of the effort to make many people into one nation using some very special gifts. It a story that might do us all some good right now.
Episode 29 -- Black and White and Misread All Over: Nella Larsen's PASSING
Episode 28 -- Pass the Bone Salt, Please: Cherie Dimaline's EMPIRE OF WILD
Episode 27 -- Everybody Loves Radha: THE 40 YEAR-OLD VERSION
Episode 26 -- To Hell With THE HELP: An Unbridled Celebration of Barbara Neely's BLANCHE ON THE LAM
Episode 25 -- A Black, Black, Black Episode: John Lewis's MARCH, Volumes 1,2, & 3
Episode 24 -- "No more backward steps": Elizabeth Acevedo's THE POET X
Episode 23 -- Always Taking; Always Giving: Jewelle Gomez's THE GILDA STORIES
Episode 22 -- What We Take With Us: Nnedi Okorafor's BINTI
Episode 20 -- The Spoilers Set It Off With QUEEN AND SLIM and ATLANTICS (Quarantine Edition)
Driplet #3 -- Claudia Rankin's THE WHITE CARD at Penumbra Theatre
Episode 19 -- "Who the heck is Jack!?!": Colson Whitehead's THE NICKEL BOYS
Episode 18 -- Treacherous Feet, Bubble Tea, and PERFECT STRANGERS: Gene Yang's AMERICAN BORN CHINESE
Episode 17 -- A Little Pink House for You and Me: Relationships and Borderlands in Oscar Casares' WHERE WE COME FROM
Episode 16 -- "You can shoot me now": White Saviors and the Art of Race in Claudia Rankine's THE WHITE CARD
Episode 15 -- Pulsing, Possible Dreams: Danez Smith's DON'T CALL US DEAD
Episode 14 -- "Damn these Eggs!": Lorraine Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN
Driplet #2 -- Tunnel Vision: Jordan Peele's US
Episode 13 - Movin' on Up: Michelle Obama's BECOMING
Episode 12 -- What About Tish?: Barry Jenkins' IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
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