Journalist and cultural critic, Rebecca Carroll has a new book out called, I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like. On the podcast, Rebecca shares the remarkable story of how that incredible book of interviews with famous Black writers got written, and then re-issued 30 years later. It all comes down to the power of Black women’s stories.

Who Was Jessie Redmon Fauset and why don’t you know her name? Jessie Redmon Fauset was the most prolific novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, and yet she is probably the most overlooked and under-appreciated writer. Find out why and how we can change her literary legacy.