# Gloria Naylor

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Ep. 9: Scott & Marla Talk About Murakami and more

In this episode, Blake is out and Scott Okamoto is joined by Marla Taviano to discuss books, reading, baseball, and more! Scott's book: The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor Marla's book: Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami Find all previous picks - and support our show - by buyin…

176 - Caroline Locorriere - Actors: It\'s a Mistake to Get An Agent Before You Have Training

Hello, Indie Creatives!  In this episode, we have a conversation with the owner of Nashville Acting Studio and Acting Coach extraordinaire Caroline Locorriere. We talk about how she got started as an owner and acting coach, her international adventure coaching Actor Alan Powell on Quantico, how to…

Gloria Naylor - Mama Day

In this episode ofBlack Art Is Lit, we open Mama Day by Gloria Naylor and step into the world ofWillow Springs, a Black community shaped by memory, tradition, and spiritualinheritance.   First published in1988, Mama Day explores traditions within the Black community that wereunderstood without nee…

Linden Hills and the Myth of the Black Middle Class

We're back! We have a new name! We have a beautiful camera (thanks Allie!!) We have beautiful mics (so sorry about the levels they are already better for the next episode. Also, THANKS ALLIE!!) In 2025 I read Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor and it might have fundamentally changed my life? I was di…

Each Brick in This Wall: Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place | Reading Writers

Charlotte and Jo spring into the new year with a conversation about ancient poetry: Beowulf, The Iliad, and Dante’s Inferno as translated by Mark Musa, Mary Jo Bang, and Danny Lavery. They’re then joined by the wise and wonderful Hanif Abdurraqib who—after sharing a scoop about what series of book …

Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place

Hanif Abdurraqib (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction) joins Michael Kelleher to discuss his love for Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place, writing about cities, the importance of community, and more. Reading list:  The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor • Mama Day …

Episode #43: Orlando, by Virginia Woolf

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE by Gloria Naylor, a choice Rebecca has made based upon some love Hanif Abdurra…

Can ChatGPT Find the Essential Story in Oprah's "The Women of Brewster Place"?

In 1989, Oprah Winfrey produced and starred in the two-part TV miniseries, The Women of Brewster Place, which was based on Gloria Naylor's award-winning debut novel. The book, and the movie, explore a variety of personal issues and social themes faced by seven Black women who live in an urban housi…

Episode #44: The Women of Brewster Place, by Gloria Naylor

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE by Gloria Naylor and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss OPEN SECRETS: STORIES by Alice Munro, weighing the value of her work against what we have…

Elizabeth Zaleski

This week we visit with Elizabeth Zaleski in Northeast Ohio.  Elizabeth Zaleski is the author of The Trouble with Loving Poets and Other Essays on Failure, now available from Belt Publishing. Elizabeth grew up in rural northeast Ohio, in Amish country. After living and traveling all over the US, s…