
Black & Published
Hosted by Nikesha Elise Williams and Nikesha · Nikesha Elise Williams
4.8from 43 ratings
- 224
- Episodes
- 31
- Transcribed
- 43
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Black & Published
Black & Published brings you the journeys of writers, poets, playwrights, and storytellers of all kinds to discuss what it means to be a writer, dissect the writing process, and demystify the steps between concept and publication.
- Publisher
- Nikesha Elise Williams
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Jan 2021
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
31 of 224 episodes have a transcript.

6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Write the Book of Your Heart with Trisha R. Thomas

29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Veer Off Script with Deesha Philyaw

22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Black Girl with Amena Brown
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Write the Book of Your Heart with Trisha R. Thomas
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I've turned in a book that's probably going to come out next year, I'm hoping. But what I'm working on currently is a book I've been writing on for like the last five years. And that's the Diane Carroll story. And that has been a work in progress. because she's just so, so like, forget about three-dimensional. She was like five-dimensional, you know, the octagon. And so I'm just working on that and trying to get it right because I love her so much, but just, there's just so many layers. And, you know, sometimes I wake up like, aha, you know, it's like this angle, that angle, that, you know, it's like photography, you know, you get a different shot at every angle and that's how I'm writing her story. […]
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- Trisha R Thomas
- Deesha Philyaw
- Amena Brown
- T Clark
- LeConté Dill
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 43 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100
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- 79
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Black & Published?
Nikesha Elise Williams and Nikesha host the show. Published by Nikesha Elise Williams.
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