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The Lit Library
by Flawless Noises Media Network
Welcome! It’s The Lit Library, a cozy little book nook where black women discuss all genres of fiction from black authors, and everything in between! 💕💕 The Lit Library is where Black books and authors can come to find a home.
Episodes
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Getting Down With The Kewchie Girls Today
Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s episode is for THE GIRLS! Your favorite literary baddies are back and ready to talk books! We're back for BookmarkThis discussing Chenicia Higgins' A Little Kissing Between Friends! In this book, we...
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Ep. 47: The Laws of Soul Glo
Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson will leave you wondering what happens when the law, morality, and the pursuit of justice collide. On this episode, we’re joined by acclaimed actor, director, and author Eriq LaSalle to talk…
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Ep. 46: Oh That's Nothing To A Boss Feat Harleigh Rae #BRBF26
Welcome back to The Lit Library! May the spirit of literacy bloom in your life! Your favorite literary baddies are back and ready to talk books! This episode we had a great conversation with Harleigh Rae. We got into Black Romance Book Fest, fictional universes, illness and disease representation...
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Ep. 45: They Would Be Fine & Athletic Feat Rae Shawn #BRBF26
Welcome back to The Lit Library! May the spirit of literacy bloom in your life! Your favorite literary baddies are back and having a chat with Rae Shawn! We discuss the highlight of Black Romance Book Fest weekend, dream casts, and black love in romance. We also discuss her newest releases...
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Ep. 44: Would Someone Really Hide a Baby? Feat Frederick Smith #BRBF26
Welcome back to The Lit Library! May the spirit of literacy bloom in your life! Your favorite literary baddies are back with a Black Romance Book Fest Interview with Frederick Smith! We discuss BRBF weekend, tropes and black queer male representation in romance. We also touch on his newly…
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Ep. 43: Spin the Block?? Feat. Denise Essex #BRBF26
Welcome back to The Lit Library!At BRBF, we sat down with author Denise Essex. We talk about her early-morning writing ritual, the warning label she'd put on her books, why realistic book boyfriends make for the truest happily ever afters, and what's next in her catalog. Denise Essex (IG):...
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Ep. 42: Needy Little Frontal Lobes
Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson will leave you wondering where the hell is Deja Your favorite literary baddies are back and ready to talk books! Our Book of the Month #BOTM is Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours. In…
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Ep 41: Sunshine & Suspicious Search History... Feat. JD Southwell
Welcome back to The Lit Library! May the spirit of literacy bloom in your life!Today we're sitting down with romance author Jess Southwell. We talk about her writing style, what black romance means to her, her fictional characters' group chat drama, and her new release When Pages Meet Pixels.…
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Ep. 40: Fat Girls Get Love Too Feat Shameka Erby #BRBF26
Welcome back to The Lit Library! May the spirit of literacy bloom in your life! Your favorite literary baddies are back with a riveting conversation with Shameka Erby. We discuss Black Romance Book Fest, plus-size representation in romance and the evolution of Shameka as an author. We also…
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Ep. 39: Reading Between the (Time)lines Feat. Vanessa Riley #BRBF26
Welcome back to The Lit Library! May the spirit of literacy bloom in your life! This week, we're stepping into beautiful chaos with author Vanessa Riley. From Black women pirates and Haitian queens to dukes, detectives, and sweeping love stories, Vanessa reminds us that history is far more...
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Ep. 38: The Lit Library Arrives at BRBF26!
Welcome back to The Lit Library! May the spirit of literacy bloom in your life! Your favorite literary baddies are back and somewhat rested after taking BRBF26 by storm! The ladies are filled with joy and sit down for a casual chat about one of Black Romance’s biggest book events of the year!...
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Ep. 37: The Fat Kat Chronicles
Welcome back to The Lit Library! May the spirit of literacy bloom in your life! Your favorite literary baddies are back and ready to talk books! That’s right–we are bringing you Tati Richardson’s second book in the boss chick series, Struck Speechless. This romantic comedy centers around Jackie...
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Ep. 36: The Art of Her Loving Us More Than You
Welcome back to The Lit Library! April showers bring highly anticipated releases! Your favorite literary baddies are back with a special guest! That’s right–we have another amazing guest. THEE Natasha Bishop stops by to discuss her upcoming release, The Art of Love You. As we wait for April 14th,...
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Ep. 35: Don’t Be A Dick Cuz Pussies Is Strong
Welcome back to The Lit Library! Your favorite literary baddies are ready to get back to our #BOTM routine and this month we’re discussing We Don’t Talk About Carol. The debut novel from Kristen L. Berry. Imagine finding out one day you had an aunt who went “missing” and nobody bothered to look…
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Ep. 34: Can I Give You Some Skittles Feat. Frederick Smith
Welcome back to The Lit Library! Our Legendary February hits its final stop on the #RoadtoBRBF26. This week we are joined by the brilliant Frederick Smith. Your favorite literary baddies are so excited to chat with Frederick as he is one of the emerging queer voices in Black Romance. Frederick...
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Ep. 33: We Are Best Friends…Despite Scamming Feat. Brenda Jackson
Welcome back to The Lit Library! Our Legendary February hits its final stop on the #RoadtoBRBF26. This week we are joined by yet another Black Romance Legend, Brenda Jackson. Your favorite literary baddies are excited and in awe to have the opportunity to sit down with Miss Brenda Jackson who has...
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Ep. 32: Why Are Y’all Stuck In The 90’s?! Feat. Donna Hill
Welcome back to The Lit Library! Our Legendary February series continues as we keep on down the #RoadtoBRBF26 journey. This week we are joined by yet another Black Romance pioneer and legend, Donna Hill. Your favorite literary baddies are honored and in awe to have the opportunity to sit down…
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Ep. 31: The Spoiling is Generational Feat. Beverly Jenkins
Welcome back to The Lit Library! This episode kicks off our Legendary February series as part of our #RoadtoBRBF26 . Who better to usher in the series than THEE legend herself, Miss Beverly Jenkins. Your favorite literary baddies are honored and in awe to have the opportunity to sit down with…
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Ep. 30: Shoop, Shoop, Shoop...Finally Exhaling
Welcome back to The Lit Library! This episode we’re back and ready to discuss our #BOTM–Waiting To Exhale. Your favorite literary baddies sit down and examine the Terry McMillan classic with a 30+ perspective. We slide down memory lane as we talk Savannah, Gloria, Robin and Bernadine. This book…
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Ep. 29: Big, Tall, & Dickly
Welcome back to The Lit Library! As we continue on our road to #BRBF26, we welcome the incomparable Nicole Falls, author of over 50 published novels, Nicole is a trailblazing voice in Black Romance. Your favorite literary baddies sit down with Nicole to talk about her passion and purpose as an...
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Ep. 28: The Daze Effect
Welcome back to The Lit Library! Grab a seat and some water as we turn the temperature alllll the way up as we welcome the incomparable Aria “Big Unk” Daze, a rising force in modern Black erotica whose pen knows exactly where to press, tease, and linger. Your favorite literary baddies sit down…
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Ep. 27: Cock Queen
Things are getting dangerously delicious in The Lit Library this month. We cracked open Our Vicious Oaths expecting a little magic, a little mayhem… and instead got a whole buffet of backstabbing besties, morally flexible hotties, ancient curses with no respect for personal boundaries, and enough...
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Ep. 26: Saints & Ain’ts, A Sit-Down with Tia Love
This week in The Lit Library’s road to #BRBF26, the ladies welcome the incomparable Tia Love, author of the wildly addictive Bible Study. We’re diving deep into the pages where devotion meets temptation, faith meets flesh, and the sanctuary gets just a little… steamy. Tia takes us behind the…
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Bookmark This Ep. 3: A Scheme Setup by Devante
Grand Rising Kings and Queens, settle in as we light some nag champa and dive into this episode headfirst. Shawndra, Jaleesa, DH Renfroe, and Dr. Diamond strolled into the addictive, tension-packed world of Tiffany D. Jackson’s The Scammer. Join us as we unpack Jackson’s razor-sharp character…
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Ep. 24: Haunted Pages & Haints: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Grab your pumpkin spice latte, or something a little stronger, because this episode of The Lit Library is straight out of your nightmares (in the best way). Jaleesa, Diamond, Shawndra, and Fancy crack open Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory, a chilling, brilliant, and deeply human story that’ll…
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Ep. 23: Jamessss Yo Powda Is Readyyyy feat. Kami Holt
Welcome back book baes! Weeee are back with another amazing author as we continue our limited series, The Road to #BRBF26, where we sit down with some of your favorite authors headed to #BRBF26! This month, we have the extremely talented, Kami Holt author of Search My Soul, Intercept My Heart…
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Ep. 22: Tati, or T.M. If Ya Nasty
Welcome back book baes! Weeee are kicking off our limited series, The Road to #BRBF26, where we sit down with some of our favorite featured authors you can expect to see at #BRBF26! First up, we have the extremely talented hybrid baddie, Tati Richardson aka T.M. Richardson, author of Losing Sight...
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Ep. 21: Hattie Please!
Welcome back book baes! On this episode of The Lit Library, we crack open ReShonda Tate’s dazzling historical fiction novel, The Queen of Sugar Hill. Set against the glittering backdrop of 1940s and 50s Atlanta, this historical fiction reimagines the life of Hattie McDaniel—the first Black woman…
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Ep. 20: Do You Know What Today Is?
We have a very special episode today , our Podiversary! It's been one whole year of reviewing book and shooting the shit as friends who love to read, and it's only right we bring it back to where it all began for our BOTM, Danielle Allen and The Curve series. We started episode one with Curvy…
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New Pen On The Block - Sage Advice feat. DL White
We have a very special episode today as we welcome our first guest to The Lit Library and New Pen On The Block! Author extraordinaire and pen maven, DL White drops it to talk about books, writing, and drops some gems of wisdom on new pens, C.M. Barnes and DH Renfroe! The ladies get together to…
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Ep. 18: New Pen On The Block - DH Renfroe
We have a very special episode today as we introduce our very 1st New Pen On The Block author, and resident book baddie, DH Renfroe. The ladies get together to not only talk about her debut release, Creative Differences as well as pick her brain as a new author, her creative process, and what’s...
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Ep. 17: Black Romance Book Fest = Black Ass Good Time
Y’all missed us? Good, we missed y’all too! Welcome back to The Lit Library! The ladies are together again to re-cap the beauty that was the inaugural Black Romance Book Fest. Your resident book baddies gush over the love, light, support, and black ass good time they had at the event. Tune in and...
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Ep. 16: Dat Yank, Dat Snappa Baybeee
Welcome to a very special episode of The Lit Library! You might notice our resident menace missing from this episode, but that’s for a reason. Today we are discussing the debut novel, ENIGMA from our resident book baddie Candice aka C.M. Barnes. We get very familiar with Caleb, Layanna, Ahmir,...
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Ep. 15: The Black Seed
Happy Friday and welcome back to The Lit Library! Join us for a start of the weekend book dive in as Shawndra, Fancy, and Bri discuss Wahala the debut novel from author Nikki May. We meet Ronke, Boo, and Simi, a close knit group of friends navigating life as they try to chase their dreams. Things...
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Ep. 14: Big Nadine, Not the Little One
Welcome back to The Lit Library! Settle in with us as we get into this special episode to discuss the final book of T.M. Richardson’s The Secrets Series, The Opportunity. We meet Nadine and her judgemental ways in The Oath, and we tolerate her in The Offer, but we finally learn her story in The...
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Ep. 13: Not Only Do We Deserve Monuments, We ARE The Monuments
Welcome back to The Lit Library! We’re a little late with the month's episode, but we’re always reppin! Your favorite book baddies on the book block are locking in with Jas Hammonds as we discuss #BOTM We Deserve Monuments. This is a gripping coming of age story that focuses on the...
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Bookmark This Ep. 2: Needful Noor Pt. 2
Welcome back to Bookmark This! Jaleesa & Shawndra are back and reaady to finish talking Needful Noor as they dive into book 2 by Takerra Allen. Join us as we discuss the highs & lows of Noor & Dorian’s love story. Noor is the nurse for Dorian’s sick wife. Dorian is trying to cope with the changes...
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Bookmark This Ep. 1: Needful Noor Pt. 1
Welcome to Bookmark This! A little listen into the books we consume in between episodes. For our first episode, Jaleesa & Shawndra discuss the messiness that is Needful Noor Book 1 by Takerra Allen. Join us as we discuss the highs & lows of Noor & Dorian’s love story. Noor is the nurse for…
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Ep. 12: You Can’t See But The Body Is Tea
Welcome back to The Lit Library! On the day of love, your favorite book baddies are Losin Sight with Tati Richardson. Join us as we are introduced to Tanika, an all around sports reporting baddie who’s need for glasses is impacting her life and Gideon, a handsome optometrist who is learning that...
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Ep. 11: Who Spilled The Juice?!
Welcome back to The Lit Library! Happy 2025 and come on in as the ladies open the new year with Someone Had To Do It by Amber & Danielle Brown. The ladies embark on this thrilling mystery as FMC Brandi Maxwell grinds their gears. Then we pivot to the heart wrenching feeling evoking Bookmarked by...
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Ep. 10: Suprised by S.A. Cosby
Welcome back to The Lit Library! We’re closing out the bookish year as resident book baddie Diamond introduces us to the thrilling world of S.A. Cosby. This month we combine our #BOTM and #NTM as we take on the S.A. Cosby thriller, Razorblade Tears. A Black father. A white father. Two murdered...
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Ep. 9: Welcome To The Danger Zone
Welcome back to The Lit Library! We’re ushering in the holidays nice and naughty as your resident book baddies welcome listeners to the Danger Zone. We discuss not one, not two, but all three books from Endiya Carter’s Danger series. Find out how the Danger brothers rank amongst the collective…
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Ep. 8: Falling in Love with Lou
Welcome back to The Lit Library! Happy Holiday Season book baddies! Settle in as resident boss lady Shawndra introduces the crew to Lou and Symantha as we fall in love with their healing journey in Ashley Nicole’s The Closer I Get To You. We discuss the blossoming of healing and love between Lou...
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Ep. 7: The Elephant In the Room
Welcome back to The Lit Library! Settle in Litties as we dive into the genre of Speculative Fiction as discuss Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell. Sky Full of Elephants follows the journey of Charlie and his biracial daughter Sydney in the the aftermath of a genocidal event in which every…
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Ep. 6: For the Love of Tia
Welcome back to The Lit Library! Settle in Litties as we take a dive into the world of Tia Love, the next author in our “New to Me” series, as we discuss #CurrentlyUntitled. Our resident Lit baddie, Candice, introduces us to Tim and Natalaia as they navigate mixing business with pleasure and...
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Ep. 5: Maid, Mattress, Mule
Welcome back to The Lit Library! The Litties are back a little late but more ready than ever to discuss our books of the month, I Will Remember You by L. Jaye Morgan and Bitter and Sweet by Rhonda McKnight. Diamond and Shawndra introduce our 1st thriller and historical family drama, so tune in!...
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Ep. 4: A Very Valdez Surprise
Welcome back to The Lit Library! The Lit Ladies are back and ready to discuss the next author in the “New to Me” series, Colliding With Fate by AE Valdez. Our resident Litties, Diamond, Fancy, and Bri introduce us to the fireworks that are Kyrell and Quinn! The ladies discuss this emotional...
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Ep. 3: Is It A Cock Surprise?
Welcome back to The Lit Library! The Lit Ladies are back and ready to discuss the books of the month! We dive into book 1 of Natasha Bishop’s The Lost & Found Series, When We Found Our Home and end the episode by discussing DL White and The Never List, where the ladies were split on their…
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Ep. 2: How Can You Not Love Belvin?
How Can You Not Love Belvin? Welcome back to The Lit Library! The Lit Ladies are back and introducing their “New to Me” series, where each bookish bae suggests an author the others are not familiar with. Our resident book baddie Jaleesa introduces us to Ezra and Lex in Love Belvin’s Love...
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Ep. 1: Bring Your Library Card
Welcome to the premiere episode of The Lit Library! The Lit Library is a cozy little book nook where black women discuss all genres of fiction from the eyes of black authors and everything in between! On today’s episode you’ll be introduced to your hosts: Shawndra, Jaleesa, Diamond, Fancy, Bri…
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Welcome! It’s The Lit Library, a cozy little book nook where black women discuss all genres of fiction from black authors, and everything in between! 💕💕 The Lit Library is where Black books and authors can come to find a home.
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Flawless Noises Media Network
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