These authors of color are revolutionizing horror—listen if you dare!
In a genre once rife with tired tropes, diverse authors are turning out some of the smartest—and scariest—horror audiobooks we’ve ever heard.
Teju Cole hopes listeners will take pleasure in slowing down and paying attention
With his latest, "Tremor," the author and photographer reveals that he doesn't find writing fiction gets any easier. "But when it works, it is as exciting as ever."
Ayana Mathis expands the notion of who is a "safe" person in "The Unsettled"
The author of The 12 Tribes of Hattie says she seeks to create characters who can survive the worst without being vectors of suffering.
In "One Blood," an adopted daughter paints three portraits of Black motherhood
In her first solo novel, Denene Millner explores questions about her mom, the birth mother she never met, and her own approach to raising her daughters.
Leslie Jones says being funny takes hard work
The comedian ditched the script for the performance of her memoir and tells each story in "Leslie F*cking Jones" exactly how it went.
Jonathan Conyers is a firm believer in the power of storytelling
The multihyphenate, once the subject of a widely shared Humans of New York post, has much to say on survival, success, and the support system that got him there.
Mystery and thriller listens by Black authors
Check out these pulse-pounding listens from acclaimed Black authors in mysteries, thrillers, and horror.
Understanding Tupac through the lens of "An Amerikan Family"
The Shakurs, and particularly matriarch Afeni Shakur, were a potent force in shaping Black liberation and the future of hip-hop.
Donovan X. Ramsey explodes the persistent myths of the crack era
Told through the lens of four individuals, "When Crack Was King" is a kaleidoscopic history of the diverse impacts of the war on drugs.
“Unle❤️sh for Love” explores love in all its many forms
Creators Serita Wesley and Alesha Reneé talk about balancing life and love and the all-star cast assembled for their scripted rom-com audio series.
The Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action. What will happen without it?
Fifty years ago, President Kennedy instituted affirmative action policies, which opened doors in employment and education for people of color; Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, further opening doors. Now for education, the doors are closing.
S.A. Cosby fits a huge plot into a small Southern town in “All the Sinners Bleed”
The award-winning mystery writer takes us into his world—why everybody in his hometown wants to be in his books, how he processed early rejection, and why Adam Lazzarre-White is the perfect narrator for him.