Black & Published

Black & Published

Nikesha Elise Williams

Episodes 197
Avg. Duration 47m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jan 2021
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
81%
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rss.buzzsprout.com

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

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,…

S6E3 The Eye of an Editor with Alison Callahan

Jan 20, 2026 46m

This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with her editor, Alison Callahan who has been working as an editor for 20+ years. They discuss why their editor-author relationship was always…

S6E2 Agent of Record with Peter Steinberg

Jan 13, 2026 49m

This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with her literary agent, Peter Steinberg. An agent since 1996, Peter explains the one thing that remains true in publishing even after all these…

S6 Introducing The Seven Daughters of Dupree

Jan 06, 2026 3m Trailer

Black & Published is back for season 6, but before we dive into our regularly scheduled episodes, we're having a mini series all about Nikesha's forthcoming novel The Seven Daughters of Dupree.…

S6E1 The Seven Daughters of Dupree and Me

Jan 06, 2026 39m

This week on Black & Published, Nikesha dives into how she wrote her forthcoming novel The Seven Daughters of Dupree. From starting the book for a publishing contest just days before she gave…

S5E34 Let's Talk About Publishing with Deesha Philyaw

Sep 02, 2025 1h 8m Bonus

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with author Deesha Philyaw about the new writing resource she created with graphic designer…

S5E33 Everyone Has a Mystery with Rachel Howzell Hall

Aug 26, 2025 56m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published Nikesha speaks with Rachel Howzell Hall, the author of the thriller Fog and Fury. The publication of this books…

S5E32 Keep on Singing with Laura Pegram

Aug 19, 2025 46m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Laura Pegram, the editor of Sing The Truth: The Kweli Journal Short Story Collection. The…

S5E31 Different Ways of Being Black with Nancy Johnson

Aug 12, 2025 51m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Nancy Johnson, author of People of Means. It's a dual timeline historical fiction novel about…

S5E30 Family Values with James Stewart III

Aug 05, 2025 42m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with James Stewart, III, the author of the novel, Defiant Acts. It’s a non linear story about an…

S5E29 Become Your Own Elder with Honorée Fannone Jeffers

Jul 29, 2025 43m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Honorée Fannone Jeffers, the author of Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays and Writings. The…

S5E28 Hope for Love with Kristina Forest

Jul 22, 2025 51m

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Kristina Forest the author of The Love Lyric. It’s the final installment of Kristina’s romance…

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Black & Published has published 197 episodes since January 2021, covering topics in Arts, Books.

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

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