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Black & Published

Black & Published brings you the journeys of writers, poets, playwrights, and storytellers of all kinds to discuss what it means to be a writer, dissect the writing process, and demystify the steps between concept and publication.
Black & PublishedFebruary 10, 2026x
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Black in Love with Ebony LaDelle

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree ! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Ebony LaDelle , editor of the YA Romance Collection: You’ve Got a Place Here too: An Antholog...

Black & PublishedFebruary 03, 202604:10

The Truthtellers - Season 6

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree ! This season on Black & Published, guests help answer the question: What does it mean to be a Black writer? Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episo...

Black & PublishedFebruary 03, 2026x
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Free Puerto Rico with Dorsía Smith Silva

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree ! This week on Black and Published, Nikesha speaks with Dorsía Smith Silva , author of the poetry collection, In Inheritance of Drowning . The collecti...

Black & PublishedJanuary 27, 2026x
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A "Transcendent" Experience with Jamise Harper and Edrick Scarver

This week on Black & Published, Nikesha celebrates the publication of her latest novel, The Seven Daughters of Dupree , with Bookstagram and Book Tok favorites, Jamise Harper ( @diversespines , @s...

Black & PublishedJanuary 20, 2026x
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The Eye of an Editor with Alison Callahan

This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with her editor, Alison Callahan who has been working as an editor for 20+ years. They discuss why their editor-author relationship was always destin...

Black & PublishedJanuary 13, 2026x
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Agent of Record with Peter Steinberg

This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with her literary agent, Peter Steinberg. An agent since 1996, Peter explains the one thing that remains true in publishing even after all these year...

Black & PublishedJanuary 06, 2026x
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The Seven Daughters of Dupree and Me

This week on Black & Published, Nikesha dives into how she wrote her forthcoming novel The Seven Daughters of Dupree . From starting the book for a publishing contest just days before she gave bir...

Black & PublishedJanuary 06, 202603:51

Introducing The Seven Daughters of Dupree

Black & Published is back for season 6, but before we dive into our regularly scheduled episodes, we're having a mini series all about Nikesha's forthcoming novel The Seven Daughters of Dupree . O...

Black & PublishedSeptember 02, 2025x
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Let's Talk About Publishing with Deesha Philyaw

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree ! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with author Deesha Philyaw about the new writing resource she created with graphic designer Diamon...

Black & PublishedAugust 26, 2025x
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Everyone Has a Mystery with Rachel Howzell Hall

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree ! This week on Black & Published Nikesha speaks with Rachel Howzell Hall , the author of the thriller Fog and Fury . The publication of this books ...