268: The Cast of BET’s ‘Twenties’ and Cynthia Manick of ‘The Future of Black’

In this week’s episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast we welcome entertainers in TV and literacy!

Segment 1: From creator, writer, and executive producer Lena Waithe and Hillman
Grad Productions, the GLAAD Media Award-nominated series, ‘Twenties’ follows
‘Hattie,’ a masculine-presenting queer Black woman in her twenties.  Featured in the segment are actors Jonica T Gibbs (Hattie), Christina Elmore (Marie) and Gabrielle Graham (Nia).

Host: Stacey

Segment 2: Cynthia Manick is the author of Blue Hallelujahs, which won the 2016 Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry, and editor of Soul Sister Revue: A Poetry Compilation (2019). She is the co-editor of the new book ‘The Future of Black’.

Host: Ryanne

Music by: Sammus
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax