One for the Books | Processing Grief and Elevating Black Voices @OnefortheBooks | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 7 minutes ago.
Author Claudia Love Mair discusses her upcoming books, including:
-A workbook for folks who are processing grief, inspired by the loss of her son (and)
-A young adult novel about a Black girl grappling with the onset of mental illness, infused with African legend.
We also discuss her fraught journey of becoming an author through the harrowing publishing process, and her work as the Coordinator for the Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, a nonprofit based in Lexington, KY.
Claudia Love is the author of 13 books, including "Zora and Nicky", "Don't You Fall Now", "The Exorsistah" and "The Amanda Bell Brown Mysteries". You can find her on Facebook @claudialovemair
TIMESTAMPS:
Intro (0:00)
Processing grief through writing (0:59)
Writing a YA novel infused with African legend (9:00)
The publishing journey (14:02)
A literacy nonprofit (The Carnegie Center) (30:05)
Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative (32:30)
Writing advice (41:33)
Using your voice (42:36)
Book recommendations (44:37)
Life advice (46:43)
Outro (47:23)
Find Me On Goodreads: goodreads.com/oneforthebooks
Instagram: instagram.com/sandrabroadwill
My Book Stats Spreadsheet: shorturl.at/bcfpO
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Author Claudia Love Mair discusses her upcoming books, including:
-A workbook for folks who are processing grief, inspired by the loss of her son (and)
-A young adult novel about a Black girl grappling with the onset of mental illness, infused with African legend.
We also discuss her fraught journey of becoming an author through the harrowing publishing process, and her work as the Coordinator for the Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, a nonprofit based in Lexington, KY.
Claudia Love is the author of 13 books, including "Zora and Nicky", "Don't You Fall Now", "The Exorsistah" and "The Amanda Bell Brown Mysteries". You can find her on Facebook @claudialovemair
TIMESTAMPS:
Intro (0:00)
Processing grief through writing (0:59)
Writing a YA novel infused with African legend (9:00)
The publishing journey (14:02)
A literacy nonprofit (The Carnegie Center) (30:05)
Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative (32:30)
Writing advice (41:33)
Using your voice (42:36)
Book recommendations (44:37)
Life advice (46:43)
Outro (47:23)
Find Me On Goodreads: goodreads.com/oneforthebooks
Instagram: instagram.com/sandrabroadwill
My Book Stats Spreadsheet: shorturl.at/bcfpO
_________________
Like this content and want to support it? Buy me a coffee!
buymeacoffee.com/sandrabroadwill
