Season 3

...But Make It BooksAugust 18, 2026x
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56:01

Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl with Amena Brown

Join Niccara as she welcomes Amena Brown, poet, comedic storyteller, and author of Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl, to the pod! We talk about her new essay collection, reclaiming "Black girl...

...But Make It BooksAugust 04, 2026x
8
01:05:49

A Love Letter to the Chaos: Amy DuBois Barnett on If I Ruled the World, Hip Hop & Finding Your Voice

Join Niccara as she welcomes Amy DuBois Barnett — former editor-in-chief of Honey and Teen People, and now the debut novelist developing If I Ruled the World into a Hulu series with Lee Daniels — to t...

...But Make It BooksJuly 23, 2026x
7
46:34

Full of Greatness: DJ of Black & Brown Book Designers on Who Really Makes the Cover

Join Niccara as she welcomes DJ (Dominique), founder of Black & Brown Book Designers, to the pod! We talk about what a book designer actually does — covers, jackets, interiors, and why illustration is...

...But Make It BooksJuly 09, 2026x
6
40:51

You Can Be a Boss and Still Have Love | Cute, Meet, Love with Sedona Rose

Join Niccara as she welcomes Sedona Rose, indie romance author and booktuber celebrating Black love on every page, to the pod! We talk about her small-town rom-com Cute, Meet, Love , Kataleah asking h...

...But Make It BooksJune 25, 2026x
5
49:14

Black Women Taught Us: Love Letters, Liberation, and the Courage to Tell the Truth with Dr. Jenn Jackson

Join Niccara as she sits down with the Dr. Jen Jackson - award-winning political science professor at Syracuse University, Teen Vogue columnist, and author of Black Women Taught Us - for a conversatio...

...But Make It BooksJune 03, 202613:32

MINISODE: Faith, Diaspora & the Romance You Didn't Know You Needed ft. Unoma Nwankwor

Join Niccara as she welcomes Unoma Nwankwor, author of faith-filled Black romance with African spice, to the pod! We talk about her Rental Bae series, writing love stories rooted in diaspora identity ...

...But Make It BooksJune 02, 2026x
5
46:01

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 ...

...But Make It BooksMay 28, 2026x
4
48:54

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 deeply hu...

...But Make It BooksMay 14, 2026x
3
54:39

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 & Schu...

...But Make It BooksApril 30, 2026x
2
57:20

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...