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Backlit is a series of groundbreaking conversations with emerging authors. Hosted by Abena Ntoso, each empowering discussion goes behind the literature and beyond it, inspiring intellectual and creative engagement around social issues. Built on authentic curiosity and camaraderie, Backlit transcends literary discourse to become a generative space documenting the emergence of new perspectives and new possibilities for life and work.
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S1E6 Sleep Phase: Playing with Time, Language, and Truth
What happens when reality becomes surreal? How do we draw the line between fiction and nonfiction? In this episode of Backlit, Egyptian novelist and poet Mohamed Kheir joins me in exploring surreal…
S1E5 The Book of Kin: Imagination, Connection, and Learning to Articulate
How can we turn gaps into opportunities for imagination and creativity? What does it take to have meaningful human connection? How can writing help us articulate our ideas and values? In this episode…
S1E4 The City, Our City: Complexity, Tension, and Our Moment in History
How do we navigate complexity and tension in our daily lives? What happens when we hold complexity, rather than resolution, at the center of our understanding of cities, people, and art itself? In…
S1E3 Night: Attention, Serendipity, and Hope in Language and Life
What can literary translation teach us about life? How does our attention to language generate hope and lead to new opportunities? In this episode of Backlit, writer and translator Marguerite…
S1E2 American Reverie: Inspiration, Conversation, and Growth
How do we define and redefine ourselves as individuals? As a society? How do dialogue and correspondence move us toward real freedom and growth? In this episode of Backlit, poets Donnelle McGee and…
S1E1 Just Labor: Work, Gender, and Writing in the Modern Age
The Industrial Age has come to a close, and we are now in the midst of the Information Age—or are we past it? In this episode of Backlit, poet Laura-Gray Street joins us in a brainstorming…
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Backlit has published 6 episodes since June 2025, covering topics in Arts, Books.
Backlit is currently highly active with new episodes quarterly. Average episode length is 51m.
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