Black Art Is Lit | Black Literature, Culture and Iconic Stories

Black Art Is Lit is where great books by Black authors get the introduction they deserve.Hosted by Nykieria Chaney, each episode is an invitation: hear the summary, experience the full first chapter read aloud, and decide if this is the story you've been looking for. No reviews. No analysis. Just the author's words, their craft, and the joy of discovery.Whether you're a lifelong reader or just getting started, this is your weekly gateway to voices that matter, stories that resonate, and books that deserve to be read.New episodes weekly.

Black Art Is Lit | Black Literature, Culture and Iconic Stories is a arts podcast hosted by Nykieria Chaney, with 35 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 81. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Nykieria Chaney hosts Black Art Is Lit | Black Literature, Culture and Iconic Stories, a arts show with 35 episodes published.

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  Tony Lamair Burks II - We Listen & We Don't Judge

  Mar 19, 202613 minS0

  <p>This week on Black Art Is Lit, we’re reading We Listen & We Don’t Judge by Tony Lamair Burks II.</p><br>Chapter 1, “The Principal, the Pastor, and the Pep Rally,” places us in a real-time decision where leadership, community expectations, and student safety all collide. What seems like a straightforward moment quickly becomes a deeper question of power, responsibility, and who is actually being protected.<br><p>In this episode, we move through the chapter and sit with what it asks of us. Not just what we think—but what we would do when there isn’t enough time...

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  Kaitlyn Greenidge - Libertie

  Feb 26, 202649 minS0

  <p>This week on BlackArt Is Lit, we’re reading Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge, ahistorical fiction novel set in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn.</p><p>A disciplined Black community. Dangerous medical work. Secrecy as survival.</p><p>Libertie is growing up under a respected physician mother who can nearly pass. Libertie cannot. After the rescue of Mr. Ben, the stakes become clear and childhood quietly starts to close.</p><p>This episode explores the novel’s opening pages, including themes of colorism, Black identity, generational pressure, Haitian lineage, organized resistance networks, and what it means to inherit a version of freedom that may...

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  Clay Cane - Burn Down Master's House

  Feb 18, 20261h 10mS0

  <p>In this episode of Black Art Is Lit, Nykieria Chaney introduces Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane. This historical novel takes place during American slavery and focuses on power, resistance, and the economic system that supported bondage. </p><p>Within the plantation system, human life is measured by productivity and controlled through both force and narrative.  Early tensions around breeding, value, and misinformation surface quickly, revealing how deeply structured this world is. </p><p>As the story starts, bigger questions emerge. Why do we remember systems of domination more than the organized movements that fought against them? How...

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  Bernice L. McFadden - Loving Donovan

  Feb 13, 202638 minS0

  <p>This week on Black Art Is Lit, we begin Loving Donovan by Bernice L. McFadden. </p><p>The opening chapter introduces us to admiration, alignment, and the quiet power of first impressions. Everything feels measured. Intentional. Almost seamless. </p><p>But sometimes desire edits our perception, and first chapters are rarely innocent. </p><p>As we read, consider what it means to want stability, to be drawn to polish, to trust what appears composed on the surface. What do we notice when we first meet someone? And what do we unconsciously excuse? Not everything announces itself loudly. Some stories...

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  Deesha Philyaw - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

  Feb 4, 202619 minS0

  <p>In this episode of Black Art is Lit, we're diving into the opening chapter of Deesha Philyaw's award-winning collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.</p><p>This book resonated with women because it tells the truth about the collision between desire and respectability in church spaces. It's specific, the church mothers, the unspoken rules, the particular texture of shame and grace that shapes Black women's lives. Philyaw gives us permission to see these women as fully human: messy, sexual, faithful, complicated, and real.</p><p>This isn't a story that eases you in. It names what we've always...

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