Nov 25, 2022
Dripping with Southern atmosphere and blistering suspense, Wanda M. Morris’ sophomore outing proves she is a “writer to watch” (Publishers Weekly).
About ANYWHERE YOU RUN:
It’s the summer of 1964 and three innocent men are brutally murdered for trying to help Black Mississippians...
Nov 10, 2022
In Twenty Dollars and Change, Lusane offers a searing examination of what the fight to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the twenty-dollar bill reveals about race, class, and social justice in America today. Lusane gives voice to the millions of Americans who mobilized for the “Tubman twenty,” becoming...
Aug 15, 2022
In this episode Lynn Nottage speaks with BMR Host, Lissa Jones during the run of her play Sweat, performed at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
Lynn Nottage is a playwright and a screenwriter. She is the first, and remains the only, woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice. Her plays have been produced...
May 18, 2022
Andrea Jenkins is the first Black transgender woman to be elected to public office in the United States. She was elected to the Minneapolis City Council with 73% of the vote. She is a poet, and an artist as well as a public official.
Andrea is the author of the poetry collection The T is Not Silent, New and Selected...
Jan 24, 2022
“Every lie you tell, every secret you keep, is a fragile little thing that must be protected and accounted for…”
In this episode Lissa talks with author Wanda M. Morris about her crime thriller, debut novel, All Her Little Secrets
Morris is a corporate attorney who has worked in the legal departments for several...