234: Sirens and Black Voices (with Bethany C. Morrow)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re joined this week to talk with author Bethany C. Morrow about her novels, using “speculative” fiction to tell the truth, how Black sisterhood is lifesaving, and decentralizing fantasy and mythology. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Song Below Water</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">spoilers from 54:33 to 57:02.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Content Warning:</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode contains conversations about or mentions of racism, violence against women, doxing, inciting violence, white supremacy, ableism, self-harm, transphobia, QAnon, doctors/medical treatment, medical racism, death, homelessness, imprisonment/the prison industrial complex, stereotypes, respectability politics, and slavery. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Guest</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.bethanycmorrow.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bethany C Morrow</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is an Indie Bestselling author who writes for adult and young adult audiences, in genres ranging from speculative literary to contemporary fantasy to historical. She is author of the novels</span> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/822/9781944700867"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">MEM</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/822/9781250315328"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">A SONG BELOW WATER</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and editor/contributor to the young adult anthology TAKE THE MIC, which was the 2020 ILA Social Justice in Literature award winner. Her work has been chosen as Indies Introduce and Indie Next picks, and featured in The LA Times, Forbes, Bustle, Buzzfeed, and more. She is included on USA TODAY’s list of 100 Black novelists and fiction writers you should read. Her upcoming releases include</span> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/822/9781250316035"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">A CHORUS RISES</span></a> <span style= "f