On podcast episode 13, learn how Dr. Yaba Blay saw her book, One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race go from a self-publishing triumph, to getting picked up by a major publisher seven years later to triumph once again.

On episode nine of the Read, Write, and Create podcast, get a inspiring pep talk about leaving a literary legacy with your words and stories. The award-winning playwright, Lorraine Hansberry is the literary ancestor whose life and times provide the inspiration and the example to see how it’s done.

Is 50 too late to start writing? What about, 60, 70, or 80? Newsflash, it’s never too late to start writing or finish what you started writing years before. On episode 8 of the podcast, learn about Dorothy West who became literary famous at age 88. Get inspired to write at any age.

On episode number six of the podcast, the life and times of Ida B. Wells is used to explain how the power of the written word can change the world.

BIPOC writers have to get their stories out into the world. On episode two of the podcast, I break down exactly why…with an assist from the late, great, Zora Neale Hurston.

The Read, Write, and Create podcast debuts with host Lori L. Tharps coaching listeners on how to find the time to write. Using the life and times of poet Phillis Wheatley as her starting point, Tharps shares the secret to finding the time to write.

Enjoy these literary podcasts that are fun to listen to and will make you a better writer.