“Look at my face — dark as the night — Yet shining like the sun with loves true light.  I am the black girl who crossed the dark sea Carrying in my body the seed of the free.”This week in The Concrete Garden I had the divine pleasure to chop it up with the gracious Anita Kopacz. We&apos;ll be covering her novel, Shallow Waters in comparison to Solange’s bundle of beauty: ‘When I Get Home’. Welcome back to #TheConcreteGarden Poem: The Negro Mother by Langston Hughes.“

Pretty in Pink Pursuit

What do authors, flowers, and musicians all have in common? Here in The Concrete Garden we believe that it's the ability, desire, or better yet the need to reach out and touch the sun while being ever so anchored by their roots. This podcast is all about books, bars, and botanicals. The Concrete Garden is a melodic book club comparing and contrasting a novel, poem or short story to a body of music or album with emphasis on Black writers and musicians.