...But Make It Books
Bonus Episode: Was the Fuss Worth It: A Conversation with Phil on Double Dutch Fuss
Join Niccara as she welcomes author, filmmaker, and storyteller Phill to the pod for a conversation that starts with a little boy in Newark who just wanted to jump Double Dutch, and ends up somewhere ...
The Stories We Tell Ourselves: A Conversation with Leslie Gray Streeter on Family & Other Calamities
Join Niccara as she welcomes Baltimore-born columnist, author, and truth teller Leslie Gray Streeter to the pod! We talk about her debut novel Family & Other Calamities — a sharp, funny, and deepl...
What We Pass Down: A Conversation with Nikesha Elise Williams on Seven Daughters of Dupree
Join Niccara as she welcomes award-winning author, journalist, and two-time Emmy Award-winning television producer Nikesha Elise Williams to the pod! We talk about her sweeping debut with Simon & ...
The Concessions We Make: A She Well Read x But Make It Books Collab
Join Niccara as she links up with Lana and Samra of She Well Read for a conversation that starts with a book and ends up saying everything. We dig into Amy DuBois Barnett's If I Ruled the World — a 90...
We Built Different: A Refined & Ratchet x But Make It Books Collab
Season 3 is officially HERE, and we are opening the doors with the collab you didn't know you needed. Join Niccara as she welcomes the dynamic duo behind Refined & Ratchet — Charlee and Nisha — to...
We Are Coming Back for Season 3
She's back. We're back. And this season? We are not playing around. Welcome to Season 3 of ...But Make It Books — the podcast that makes reading cool, celebrates diverse voices, and brings the culture...
Hypervisible and Invisible: Paula Chase on The Heights and Who Gets to Be Human
Join Niccara as she welcomes Paula Chase, co-founder of The Brown Bookshelf and author of the Heights series, to the pod! We talk about her novel The Balancing Act , the power of reclaiming language a...
Stewards of the Wilds: How Analeigh Sbrana Empowers Through Fantasy
Join Niccara as she welcomes Sunday Times Bestselling author Analeigh Sbrana to the pod! We talk about her duology "Lore of the Wilds" and "Lore of the Tides", the power of Black heroines discovering ...
"You Wanted a Worshipper, Not a Wife": Dominion with Addie E. Citchens
Join Niccara as she welcomes Addie E. Citchens, inaugural recipient of the Farrar, Straus and Giroux Writer's Fellowship and debut author, to the pod! We talk about her novel Dominion , the cost of ma...
Under the Neon Lights: Big Names, Belonging, and Black Girlhood with Arriel Vinson
Join Niccara as she welcomes Arriel Vinson, Reese's Book Club LitUp Fellow and debut author, to the pod! We talk about her novel-in-verse, "Under the Neon Lights", the power of Black girls with big na...