Black & Published

Black & Published

Nikesha Elise Williams

Episodes 208
Avg. Duration 47m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 4.8 (40)
Since Jan 2021
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
85%
Hosting
feeds.captivate.fm

About This Podcast

Black & Published brings you the journeys of writers, poets, playwrights, and storytellers of all kinds to discuss what it means to be a writer, dissect the writing process, and demystify the steps between concept and publication.

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Recent Episodes

S6E20 People Over Place with Toni Ann Johnson

May 19, 2026 44m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Toni Ann Johnson author of the new short story collection, But Where's Home. The collection…

S6E19 Living Cheek by Jowl with Lisa Smith

May 12, 2026 51m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Lisa Smith, author of the novel, Jamaica Road. It’s a coming of age story that spans 12 years…

S6E18 The Psychology of Romance with Ashley Jordan

May 05, 2026 48m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Ashley Jordan, the author of the romance novel, Once Upon a Time in Dollywood.In our…

S6E17 Water's at the Root with Gwendolyn Wallace and Tonya Engel

Apr 28, 2026 38m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Gwendolyn Wallace and Tonya Engel, the author and illustrator of the new picture book, Dancing…

S6E16 Every Which Way But Loose with Rickey Fayne

Apr 21, 2026 49m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Rickey Fayne, author of the novel The Devil Three Times. A multi-generational story about one…

S6E15 A Character Study with Christina Dotson

Apr 14, 2026 47m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Christina Dotson, author of the novel Love You to Death. The story is billed as a Black Thelma…

S6E14 Not for Your Entertainment with Helena Haywoode Henry

Apr 07, 2026 52m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Helena Haywoode Henry, author of the YA novel, Last Chance Live!The book looks at the price of…

S6E13 You Gotta Win Joy with Reginald Dwayne Betts

Apr 01, 2026 53m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Reginald Dwayne Betts, author of the poetry collection, Doggerel, which he says is his most…

S6E12 Take a Second Chance with Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Mar 24, 2026 31m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Lizzie Damilola Blackburn about her second novel, The Re-Write. A second chance romance…

S6E11 Where There is Grief, There is Love with Ashley M. Jones

Mar 17, 2026 54m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Ashley M. Jones, author of the poetry collection, Lullaby for the Grieving. A deeply personal…

S6E10 Stepping into the Spotlight with Lauren Morrow

Mar 10, 2026 52m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Lauren Morrow. Author of the novel, Little Movements. A book that explores what it means to…

The Power in Poetics with Camonghne Felix

Mar 05, 2026 48m Bonus

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Camonghne Felix, author of Let The Poets Govern: A Declaration of Freedom.It’s a treatise on…

S6E9 Unruly with Jodi-Ann Burey

Mar 03, 2026 51m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Jodi-Ann Burey, author of the book Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work.Part…

S6 BONUS: Surrendering to the Story with Tayari Jones

Feb 26, 2026 51m Bonus

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Tayari Jones, author of the novel Kin.Kin, is Tayari’s fifth novel and her second Oprah’s book…

S6E8 Love and Reverence with Donika Kelly

Feb 24, 2026 49m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Donika Kelly, author of the poetry collection, The Natural Order of Things.It’s a collection…

S6E7 The Limitlessness of Black Humor with Damon Young

Feb 17, 2026 51m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Damon Young, author and editor of That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black…

S6E6 Black in Love with Ebony LaDelle

Feb 10, 2026 48m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Ebony LaDelle, editor of the YA Romance Collection: You’ve Got a Place Here too: An Anthology…

S6E5 Free Puerto Rico with Dorsía Smith Silva

Feb 03, 2026 49m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black and Published, Nikesha speaks with Dorsía Smith Silva, author of the poetry collection, In Inheritance of Drowning.The collection…

S6 The Truthtellers - Season 6

Feb 03, 2026 4m Trailer

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This season on Black & Published, guests help answer the question: What does it mean to be a Black writer?Mahogany BooksMentioned in this…

S6E4 A "Transcendent" Experience with Jamise Harper and Edrick Scarver

Jan 27, 2026 1h 15m

This week on Black & Published, Nikesha celebrates the publication of her latest novel, The Seven Daughters of Dupree, with Bookstagram and Book Tok favorites, Jamise Harper (@diversespines,…

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Black & Published has published 208 episodes since January 2021, covering topics in Arts, Books.

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Black & Published is currently declining with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 47m.

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