The ZAMI NOBLA Podcast
Nov 28, 2022
M Shelly Conner: A Queer, Renaissance Woman Creating Connections in Literature and on Land
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M Shelly Conner, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Central Arkansas. Her multi-genre writings examine culture through a dapperqueer womanist lens and include publications in Crisis Magazine, the A.V. Club, NBC News, and the Grio. Her debut novel "everyman", is currently available in hard cover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook.
Shelly is repped by Beth Marshea at Ladderbird Agency.
Her website: http://mshellyconner.com/m
Buy the book: https://www.blackstonepublishing.com/everyman-dat0.html#541=94
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The ZAMI NOBLA Podcast celebrated four years of serving as a sound source for Black lesbian herstory in August 2022. This episodes celebrates that achievement with excerpts from various episodes. Links to each episode can be found below.
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Jowanna Tillman and Edonna Koon Talk about Living the RV Life
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https://zaminobla.libsyn.com/rev-maressa-pendermon-speaks-on-normalizing-grief-and-creating-a-toolbox-for-emotional-well-being
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Ericka Huggins on Mothers, Mindfulness, and Meditation
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Dr. Tonia Poteat on, "Deserving Research that Reflects Your Real Life Lived Experience
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Michelle Elizabeth Brown Talks about Podcasting, Poetry, and Pride
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Aug 30, 2022
Dr. Moya Bailey Talks on Misogynoir, The Combahee River Collective Statement, and Brittney Griner
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Visit her website:
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Gaye Adegbalola Centers Blues Herstory and Music as a Griot and Activist
This interview was recorded via video conference on October 29, 2021 by Angela Denise Davis. Gaye Adegbalola talked about her early years in Virginia, college life in Boston, and her career as a Blues musician, griot, and activist.
Gaye Adegbalola’s website:
https://adegbalola.com/
Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/GayeAdegbalolaMusician/
Gaye Todd Adegbalola, a Blues Music Award winner, is best known musically as a founding member of Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women (1984 – 2009). The group recorded exclusively with Alligator Records. Additionally, she has 6 recordings on her own label, Hot Toddy Music (Todd is her family name).
Gaye was born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia where she sat-in, picketed and protested its racism. She graduated as valedictorian of the then-segregated Walker-Grant High School, went “ up North” to Boston University to finish with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. Prior to becoming a teacher, she worked as a technical writer for TRW Systems, a biochemical researcher at Rockefeller University, and a bacteriologist at Harlem Hospital. She has a Master’s degree in Educational Media (with a concentration in photography) from Virginia State University.
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