298 Amyra León!

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Jacke talks to Amyra León, author of the new book Concrete Kids, about her background, her artistic projects, and how influences like James Baldwin, Frida Kahlo, and Frederick Douglass helped make her the person she is today. Concrete Kids is part of The Pocket Change Collective (Penguin Random House), a new pocket-sized nonfiction series centered around timely issues and written by today’s leading activists. Amyra León is an author, musician, playwright, and activist. Her work transcends genre and medium, and focuses on Black liberation, politics, and communal healing. She believes that the art of listening and honest conversation are the primary tools for lasting change. Her aim is to empower communities to believe in the significance of their individual stories. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. New!!! Looking for an easy to way to buy Jacke a coffee? Now you can at paypal.me/jackewilson. Your generosity is much appreciated! The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Hello, I'm Jack Wilson.
0:14.3	Welcome to the History of Literature. Okay, hello everyone, what a week in the life of a country.
0:38.0	Here in the United States, where I live, there is so much to talk about.
0:42.2	Everyone is on pins and needles.
0:44.8	If you're listening a year from now let me just tell you where we are this week.
0:51.0	This is the week that an American president was caught on tape trying
0:56.4	to persuade that's about as light of verbs you can use for this you can also say
1:00.6	threaten or extort trying to persuade a state official to falsify ballot results
1:06.2	to help him overturn an election that he lost.
1:10.0	That was the news on Sunday.
1:12.1	Two days later on Tuesday, two key Senate races happened.
1:17.3	And by Wednesday morning we learned that the Senate was going to change hands from one party
1:21.9	to the other, making the current president the first
1:24.9	president in American history to lose the House, the Senate, and the presidency in a single term
1:29.6	for his party.
1:31.2	On Wednesday, he met with a mob and encouraged them to be strong and to fight and again
1:36.4	met with and encouraged are about as neutral as you can get here.
1:40.9	You could also say incited. And that group then marched to the capital
1:45.8	armed with bombs and zip tie handcuffs, some of them, and all of them intent on disrupting
1:52.1	the ongoing proceedings, which was in place to tally
1:56.8	up the electoral college ballots submitted by the 50 states, which would result in the announcement that Joe Biden had been elected
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