Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Liana and Jabari Asim. Liana Asim is a playwright and a librettist. Jabari Asim is an author, poet, and playwright.

Mark Anthony Neal is joined in the studio by WISER-Duke writing fellows Neo Muyanga and Khadija Patel. Muyanga is a composer and musician who is working on a new libretto. Patel is a journalist writing about the Johannesburg suburb, Mayfair.

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Jeffrey Q. McCune to discuss McCune's new book, “Sexual Discretion: Black Masculinity and the Politics of Passing”. McCune is an Associate Professor teaching Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and in the Performing Arts Department at Washington...