Bestselling author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Leilani">Raven Leilani</a> reads an excerpt of her short story <a href="https://yalereview.org/article/breathing-exercise">“Breathing Exercise,”</a> and talks about art, racism, and carnality in her work. Raven shares how her brother – who died of ALS – introduced her to art, as well as her favorite bands. Jennifer Charles of <a href="http://www.elysianmusic.com/">Elysian Fields</a> explains that she has been a Raven Leilani fan since her debut novel, <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250798671/luster">Luster</a>, and shares the band’s newest song, “The Contortionist”Listeners are invited to share their art made in response to episodes – however directly or indirectly – at the <a href="songwriterpodcast.com/community-art">SongWriter Community Art page</a>Content warning: There are brief mentions of violence and suicide in this episode<a href="songwriterpodcast.com">SongWriterPodcast.com</a> <a href="Twitter.com/SnogWriter">Twitter.com/SnogWriter</a> <a href="Facebook.com/SongWriterPodcast">Facebook.com/SongWriterPodcast</a> <a href="Instagram.com/SongWriterPodcast">Instagram.com/SongWriterPodcast</a> <a href="TikTok.com/@SongWriterPodcast">TikTok.com/@SongWriterPodcast</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Bestselling author &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Leilani"&gt;Raven Leilani&lt;/a&gt; reads an excerpt of her short story &lt;a href="https://yalereview.org/article/breathing-exercise"&gt;“Breathing Exercise,”&lt;/a&gt; and talks about art, racism, and carnality in her work. Raven shares how her brother – who died of ALS – introduced her to art, as well as her favorite bands. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jennifer Charles of &lt;a href="http://www.elysianmusic.com/"&gt;Elysian Fields&lt;/a&gt; explains that she has been a Raven Leilani fan since her debut novel, &lt;a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250798671/luster"&gt;Luster&lt;/a&gt;, and shares the band’s newest song, “The Contortionist”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Listeners are invited to share their art made in response to episodes – however directly or indirectly – at the &lt;a href="songwriterpodcast.com/community-art"&gt;SongWriter Community Art page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Content warning: There are brief mentions of violence and suicide in this episode&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="songwriterpodcast.com"&gt;SongWriterPodcast.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="Twitter.com/SnogWriter"&gt;Twitter.com/SnogWriter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="Facebook.com/SongWriterPodcast"&gt;Facebook.com/SongWriterPodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="Instagram.com/SongWriterPodcast"&gt;Instagram.com/SongWriterPodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="TikTok.com/@SongWriterPodcast"&gt;TikTok.com/@SongWriterPodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Raven Leilani + Elysian Fields

Raven Leilani + Elysian Fields

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