Ep. 101 Reading Black Women with Asha Grant
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today is Asha Grant, the founder of the Los Angeles Branch of The Free Black Women's Library. We talk about the work Asha does in the LA community, how much of her own reading consists of books by Black women, and why she is focused on decolonizing her bookshelf. Asha also lets us know how we can get involved with The Free Black Women's Library.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host |
| 0:12.2 | Tracy Thomas and today our guest is |
| 0:14.2 | Asha Grant. Asha is the founder of the L.A. branch of the Free Black Women's Library. |
| 0:19.7 | If you're in need of a book recommendation, please send us an email at asking the |
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| 0:49.9 | And don't forget everything we talk about on this show can be found in the show notes, |
| 0:53.5 | along with our social media accounts and social media accounts for our guest. |
| 0:57.6 | Okay, now let's chat with the founder of the LA chapter of the free Black Women's |
| 1:01.4 | Library, Aisha Grant. |
| 1:05.0 | All right, you guys, I'm very excited. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm here today with Aisha Grant. |
| 1:10.0 | Aisha is the founder of the Free Black Women's Library here in LA. |
| 1:15.0 | And Asha, welcome to the Snacks. |
| 1:17.0 | Hi, thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:19.0 | I'm so excited that you're here. |
| 1:22.0 | For those of you who aren't familiar with the |
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