Jayne Allen, BLACK GIRLS MUST DIE EXHAUSTED: A Novel

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Although Jayne Allen has been writing all of her life, it wasn't until 2016 when she adopted a pseudonym that she finally felt comfortable publishing her debut novel, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted. Now, Jaunique Sealey (the woman behind Jayne Allen) serves as Vice President of Strategy & Community for Zibby Books and her novel is Target's October Book Club pick. Jaunique and Zibby talk about the importance of creating complex characters, why they both like drafting individual scenes first and stitching them together after, and how Jaunique found time in her busy career to write such a beautiful and necessary story.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.0	I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology,
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0:16.8	All proceeds of that book go to COVID-19 vaccine research.
0:20.4	And I'm the editor-in-chief of M don't have time to write a new publication on Medium.
0:25.0	And we're accepting submissions, so please send your personal essays there.
0:29.1	And if all that isn't enough, you can follow me on Instagram at Zibi Owens.
0:32.9	And my website is Zibby Owens.com.
0:34.8	Okay, now back to this amazing podcast.
0:39.9	Jane Allen is the author of Black Girls Must Die Exhausted. Jane Allen is the pen name of Janique Seeley, a graduate of Duke
0:45.6	University and Harvard Law School. An avid traveler, she speaks three languages and has visited
0:50.5	five continents. Drawing from her unique experiences as an attorney and entrepreneur,
0:55.6	she crafts transcultural stories
0:57.3	that touch upon contemporary women's issues,
0:59.5	such as workplace and career dynamics,
1:01.4	race, fertility, modern relationships,
1:03.5	and mental health awareness.
1:05.1	Her writing echoes her desire
1:06.4	to bring both multiculturalism and multi-dimensionality
1:09.7	to a rich and colorful cast of characters,
1:11.9	inspired by the magic uncovered an everyday life.
1:15.2	Black Girls Must Die Exhausted is her first novel, which she calls the epitaph of my 30s.
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