<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bit.ly/4o7jP6S" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Order Your Copy of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Seven Daughters of Dupree&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This week on Black &amp;amp; Published, Nikesha speaks with &lt;a href="https://nancyjohnson.net/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nancy Johnson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, author of &lt;a href="https://www.mahoganybooks.com/9780063157514?searchid=0&amp;amp;search_query=people+of+means+" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;People of Means&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. It's a dual timeline historical fiction novel about the choices a mother and daughter make as they pursue excellence in a time of intense activism.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In our conversation, Nancy discusses what triggered her to start telling stories of her own. Plus, the hidden history she learned on a phone call with the late great Nikki Giovanni that inspired one timeline in the novel.&amp;nbsp;And the challenge she faces as a Black author as she tries to get her work in front of more Black readers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://black-published.captivate.fm/get-the-book"&gt;Mahogany Books&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mentioned in this episode:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rate &amp; Review&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Black & Published

Nikesha Elise Williams

Different Ways of Being Black with Nancy Johnson

AUG 12, 202551 MIN
Black & Published

Different Ways of Being Black with Nancy Johnson

AUG 12, 202551 MIN

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Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!

This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Nancy Johnson, author of People of Means. It's a dual timeline historical fiction novel about the choices a mother and daughter make as they pursue excellence in a time of intense activism. 

In our conversation, Nancy discusses what triggered her to start telling stories of her own. Plus, the hidden history she learned on a phone call with the late great Nikki Giovanni that inspired one timeline in the novel. And the challenge she faces as a Black author as she tries to get her work in front of more Black readers.

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