Black Chick Lit

Hosted ByDanielle & Mollie

Black Chick Lit is a twice-monthly podcast that talks books by and for black women. Join Dani and Mollie as they talk prose, drink wine and laugh at their own jokes.


All Episodes

Episode 53: ‘Everybody Ain’t Your Friend’

Its the most wonderful time of the year! Were celebrating Urban Fic month with another … interesting read.

Episode 52: ‘Kindred’ and Black SFF Panel Discussion

Episode 51: An Introduction to Octavia Butler & ‘Kindred’

Excited about the new Kindred series but dont know much about the original work? We got you.

Episode 50: The Color Purple (Part 2)

Hey, readers!
We’re continue our celebration of Black Chick Lit with the second part of our discussion of the Black girl classic, The Color Purple by Alice Walker. We read the book and watched Steven Spielburg’s 1986 film, made famous by Whoo

Episode 49: The Color Purple (Part 1)

Hey, readers!
We’re celebrating six years of Black Chick Lit with a discussion of the Black girl classic, The Color Purple by Alice Walker. We read the book and watched Steven Spielburg’s 1986 film, made famous by Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glove

Episode 48: A Glimmer of Death

This winter, we got cozy with the podcast’s first cozy mystery. We read A Glimmer of Death by Valerie Wilson Wesley, the first in the Odessa Jones series. We loved the characters in this book — and there are a bunch of them.
There’s Charlie,

Episode 47: Butterfly

We wanted to learn more about the female half of Ashley and JaQuavis, so for this year’s Urban Fic Month, we read Butterfly by Ashley Antoinette.
Did we know what was going on? Barely. This series is a spin-off of a spin-off that started with her t

BCL Chat: The Horror, The Horror!

In this episode, we’re joined by a special guest, Frank, to discuss another of our favorite genres: horror! Why does it share in common with romance? What defines a work of horror? And why are people trying so hard to “elevate” the genr

Episode 46: These Toxic Things

October is here, and we’re ready to get creepy.
This episode, we read These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall. It was full of creepy stalkers, ruthless serial killers, explosive family secrets and … one big dummy of a main character. Mickie

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