The Drip

Driplet #1: We Just Can't

In this extremely short episode, Anita and Todd talk about why the collective decided not to discuss Junot Diaz's book for our next show. We also discuss YA literature, the tragic closing of Lake Coffee House, and our fantastic new recording equipment. And fInally -- we announce the new books for July.

The Drip Episode Four: Audre Lorde's ZAMI: A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME

In this episode we talk about everything Audre Lorde -- language and silence, anger and love, intersectionality, bermuda shorts and dungarees, historical texts and literary ones, and how every woman Audre ever loved left "her print" on her. Listen to the crew as we rediscover one of the great books of African American Studies.

The Drip Episode Three: Eve Ewing's ELECTRIC ARCHES

In this episode we explain why you should read poetry, learn all about Crystal's days as a youth recitation specialist, and try not to cry as we discuss and read from Eve Ewing's new collection, Electric Arches.

The Drip Episode Two: Jesmyn Ward's SING, UNBURIED, SING

The Drip is back for another hot episode in which: Crystal diplomatically disagrees, Adriana wonders what a plait is, Anita takes over as show host, and Todd bungles a fifteen second history of African American literature! Oh -- and of course, we talk about Jesmyn Ward's novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing. You're going to love this one. We've got new music, we're a tad more organized, and we've kept the whole thing to under an hour -- just like a real podcast. You don't want to miss it!

The Drip: Episode One: Octavia Butler's KINDRED

In our first episode, your intrepid professors try their hand at recording themselves waxing philosophic about Octavia Butler's classic novel, Kindred. The results are wonderful and devastating (possibly an exaggeration).