After a much needed break, we are back! As a bonus, we have a LIVE episode…But Make it Books! Join Niccara, Brandon, and Sadeqa Johnson, author of the NAACP Image Award nominated The House of Eve, as they discuss how Black women deserve bodily autonomy, the effects of classism, Sadeqa’s writing process, adoption, and dream casting ideas. Welcome back everyone!

The 3rd episode of the Ambition Trilogy has arrived on…But Make it Books! Join Niccara, Brandon, and Mateo Askaripour, author of  Black Buck, as they discuss the plot of his coming novel “This Great Hemisphere”, people as products, "can we separate the creator from the work?", and mourning Kanye West.   Books Discussed: Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour This Great Hemisphere by Mateo Askaripour Yellowface by R.F. Kuang   Check out the visual discussion here Follow us on Instagram: @butmakeitbookspod Get any books discussed here: www.charmcitybooks.com Thank you for listening and sharing!

And now, a sequel episode of...But Make it Books! Join Niccara, Brandon, and Mateo Askaripour, author Black Buck, as they discuss Scarcity vs Abundance, the implications of theword “buck", the double read, and the responsibility of satirical work. Stay tuned for the conclusion of this trilogy to hear more about Mateo's upcoming novel! Books Discussed:Black Buck by Mateo AskaripourThis Great Hemisphere by Mateo Askaripour Check out the visual discussion here! Follow us on Instagram: @butmakeitbookspodGet any books discussed here: www.charmcitybooks.com Thank you for listening and sharing!

We are all the way LIVE…But Make it Books! Join Niccara, Brandon, and Deesha Philyaw, author of a Finalist for the National Book Award for The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, as they discuss how the church fashions young Black women, the importance of intergenerational representation, Deesha’s writing process, and share light discourse about Greenleaf. This episode marks our first live event and we hope you can join us at the next one!

Smells like a fresh, hot episode of...But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss books, their best dishes, sugar as a nostalgic ingredient, why you should cook more, and what you can get out of reading cookbooks.

Fresh out the oven, another episode of But Make It Books. Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss generational recipes, the family table, the science behind cooking up a legacy, and the family recipes they love.

It’s time to finish another episode of…But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss books they did not finish, potential varietal story telling, the importance of a multifaceted reader community, and taunt with another tbd conversation on Luster Check out the visual discussion here: Charm City Books YouTube! Follow us on Instagram: @butmakeitbookspod  Get any books discussed here: www.charmcitybooks.com   Thank you for listening and sharing!

Time for another deep-rooted episode of …But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they examine the infrastructure of America, effects of a developing hometown, the necessity to maintain a certain narrative of US history, and prepare you for what will be a revealing and altering read, of The 1619 Project.

This week we get to take a little nap with …But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss a manifesto of rest, generational forms of rest, grind culture and the necessity of communion.

We’re half way through the year with …But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss book goal updates, TBR hopefuls, favorite reads thus far, and which Russell starred in Gladiator.   Books Discussed: Black Cake by Charmaine WIlkerson Glory by Noviolet Bulawayo Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey Seven Days in June by Tia Williams   Check out the visual discussion here:  Follow us on Instagram: @butmakeitbookspod  Get any books discussed here: www.charmcitybooks.com   Thank you for listening and sharing!