It Was Written

Sho and Tyreke are joined by senior lecturer of Hispanic/Latinx studies and African Diaspora studies at Spelman College, Dr. Fernando Esquivel-Suarez. The magic gets real as they cover Gabriel Garcia Marquez's magnificent work "100 Years of Solitude".

Sho and Tyreke sit down with the talented and Charismatic Poet and Author Amena Brown to discuss her writing habits and favorite films from books. You will learn and laugh during this episode.

In this episode, Tyreke, Sho, and author/educator Ben Sciacca explore C.S. Lewis' Grey Town in The Great Divorce. Lewis leads us on an imaginative journey through the thorny passage to the afterlife, challenging us to reassess how we have been discussing heaven and hell. Ben Sciacca currently serves as the Director of Leadership Development for Desire Street Ministries (www.desirestreet.org). He writes and speaks about the gospel and social justice. His latest book is Meals from Mars: A Parable of Prejudice and Providence. He and his wife and four children live in Birmingham, Alabama. You can follow him @iamJudahBen. You can purchase Meals From Mars and his other works at amazon.com.This is a Forth District podcast in partnership with Terminus Collective.

Tyreke & Sho sit with the author of Perfect Peace for the most revealing book review to date. Daniel Black, Ph.D. Dr. Black is a renowned, award-winning novelist. His works include They Tell Me Of A Home, The Sacred Place, Perfect Peace, Twelve Gates To The City, and now The Coming and Listen To The Lambs. Presently, Dr. Black is full-professor of African American Studies at Clark Atlanta University and is the founder of the Ndugu-Nzinga rites of passage nation. You can purchase Perfect Peace and his other works at danieloblack.com.This is a Forth District podcast in partnership with Terminus Collective.

Tyreke and Sho investigate the question of "Can humans actually fly" through an in-depth discussion on the 1977 classic "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison. Today they are joined by Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper, an internationally recognized Langston Hughes scholar, and professor of English at Spelman College. She is the author of the only book-length study of Hughes’s celebrated Jesse B. Semple stories, Not So Simple: The “Simple” Stories by Langston Hughes (1995). She has also edited four volumes of short fiction by Hughes. You can purchase this book and others at barnesandnoble.com. This is a Forth District podcast in partnership with Terminus Collective.

Tyreke and Sho explore the fantastic terrain of Orisha as they discuss the much acclaimed Young Adult novel "Children of Blood and Bone" by Tomi Adeyemi. Joining them today is Sho's daughter, Zoe.  

Sho & Tyreke share the impetus for this podcast and their love for fiction. They also give you insight on what to expect for this season. It Was Written is a podcast that is entertaining to bookworms, engaging to non-readers and inspiring for writers. We are telling the truth about fiction for the culture.