Stepping into the Spotlight with Lauren Morrow

About this episode

Nikesha Elise Williams interviews Lauren Morrow about her novel 'Little Movements' and the themes of risk and artistic identity.

Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree ! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Lauren Morrow . Author of the novel, Little Movements . A book that explores what it means to leave behind the life you know and take a risk on what you love without the guarantee of reward. In our conversation, Lauren explains why she's not turned off by her book being characterized as auto-fiction. Plus, what she’s learned about her own artistic voice and where it fits in the Black literary canon And how she views starting over as an artist on the verge of breakout. Mahogany Books Mentioned in this episode: Rate & Review Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform

People in this episode

Host: Nikesha Elise Williams

Guest: Lauren Morrow

Topics covered

• auto-fiction
• artistic voice
• Black literary canon
• starting over
• risk-taking

Keywords

• auto-fiction
• Black literature
• artistic voice
• risk
• breakout

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mahogany Books

Books & works: The Seven Daughters of Dupree, Little Movements

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