“We All We Got” with Quenton Baker

"The Embodied Experience of Personhood" with Jodi-Ann Burey

Lit Lounge creator and host Jodi-Ann Burey [https://jodiannburey.com/] is interviewed by Amber Flame [https://www.theamberflame.com/] about the creation of Lit Lounge and her debut, Authentic [https://bookshop.org/p/books/authentic-jodi-ann-burey/19473705?aid=98776&ean=9781250882868&listref=lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon]. Afterwards, you’ll hear Jodi-Ann’s live performance at Lit Lounge: The People’s Art. Learn more about Lit Lounge at litlounge.art [https://www.litlounge.art/]. Shop Amber Flame’s apocrifa and Jodi-Ann Burey’s Authentic with mam’s books [https://www.mamsbooks.com/] at https://bookshop.org/lists/lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon [https://bookshop.org/lists/lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon].  You can watch Jodi-Ann's February performance on YouTube [https://youtu.be/5FUTpUYUBf4]! Lit Lounge: The People’s Art was recorded live by Studio 7117 [https://www.studio7117.com/] at The Station - Columbia City [https://www.thestationbh.com/] coffee shop in February 2025.

"The Reading Is Alive" with Monica West

Novelist Monica West [https://monicawestwrites.com/] shares more with host Jodi-Ann Burey [https://jodiannburey.com/] (author of Authentic [https://bookshop.org/p/books/authentic-jodi-ann-burey/19473705?aid=98776&ean=9781250882868&listref=lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon]) about their work, including her novel Revival Season [https://bookshop.org/p/books/revival-season-monica-west/16092567?ean=9781982133313&next=t&aid=98776&listref=lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon&next=t].  Afterwards, you’ll hear her live performance at Lit Lounge: The People’s Art. Learn more about Lit Lounge at litlounge.art [https://www.litlounge.art/]. Shop Monica West’s Revival Season and Jodi-Ann Burey’s Authentic with mam’s books [https://www.mamsbooks.com/] at https://bookshop.org/lists/lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon [https://bookshop.org/lists/lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon].  You can watch Monica’s performance on YouTube [https://youtu.be/PY7-UEa_-u4?feature=shared]! Lit Lounge: The People’s Art was recorded live by Studio 7117 [https://www.studio7117.com/] at The Station - Columbia City [https://www.thestationbh.com/] coffee shop in February 2025.

"You Are Not a Stranger" with E.J. Koh

Poet, novelist, and memoirist, E.J. Koh [https://www.ejkoh.com/home/about] shares more with host Jodi-Ann Burey [https://jodiannburey.com/] (author of Authentic [https://bookshop.org/p/books/authentic-jodi-ann-burey/19473705?aid=98776&ean=9781250882868&listref=lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon]) about their work, including her novel The Liberators [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-liberators-e-j-koh/19712060?aid=98776&ean=9781959030157&listref=lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon], her memoir The Magical Language of Others [https://www.ejkoh.com/home/themagicallanguageofothers], and poetry collection, A Lesser Love [https://www.ejkoh.com/home/alesserlove]. Afterwards, you’ll hear her live performance at Lit Lounge: The People’s Art. Learn more about Lit Lounge at litlounge.art [https://www.litlounge.art/]. Shop E.J. Koh’s many books and Jodi-Ann Burey’s Authentic with mam’s books [https://www.mamsbooks.com/] at https://bookshop.org/lists/lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon [https://bookshop.org/lists/lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon].  You can watch E.J.’s performance on YouTube at https://youtu.be/3iv-Ojnrnhc?feature=shared [https://youtu.be/xg7uUTQHobk].  Lit Lounge: The People’s Art was recorded live by Studio 7117 [https://www.studio7117.com/] at The Station - Columbia City [https://www.thestationbh.com/] coffee shop in March 2025.

“We All We Got” with Quenton Baker

Poet Quenton Baker [https://quentonbaker.com/] shares more with host Jodi-Ann Burey [https://jodiannburey.com/] (author of Authentic [https://bookshop.org/p/books/authentic-jodi-ann-burey/19473705?aid=98776&ean=9781250882868&listref=lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon]) about their poetry collection, ballast [https://bookshop.org/p/books/ballast-quenton-baker/18723343?aid=98776&ean=9781642599022&listref=lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon] (Haymarket, 2023) before we hear their live performance at Lit Lounge: The People’s Art. Learn more about Lit Lounge at litlounge.art [https://www.litlounge.art/]. Notable References: * The 1841 Creole Mutiny  [https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/the-creole-case/] * Anastacia-Renee [https://www.anastacia-renee.com/home] * Christina Sharpe [https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/profiles/cesharpe/] * Min Jin Lee [https://www.minjinlee.com/'] * Kiese Laymon [https://www.kieselaymon.com/] * Harryette Mullen [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/harryette-mullen] * Saidiya Hartman [https://saidiyahartman.com/] * Fred Moten [https://csaad.nyu.edu/people/fred-moten/] Shop Quenton Baker’s ballast and Jodi-Ann Burey’s Authentic with mam’s books [https://www.mamsbooks.com/] at their online bookstore [https://bookshop.org/lists/lit-lounge-the-people-s-art-a-prose-and-poetry-salon⁠].  You can watch Quenton’s performance on YouTube at https://youtu.be/xg7uUTQHobk [https://youtu.be/xg7uUTQHobk].  Lit Lounge: The People’s Art was recorded live by Studio 7117 [https://www.studio7117.com/] at The Station - Columbia City [https://www.thestationbh.com/] coffee shop in February 2025.