Join me Wednesday, October 15, 2014 @ 8pm EST as I talk with author LaToya Hankins about living the words that we write… LaToya Hankins is the author of SBF Seeking, and K-Rho: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood. She is a native of North Carolina and currently resides in Raleigh, NC. She is an East Carolina University graduate who earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with a minor in political science. During her college career, she became a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc....

Monique ‘Being True’ Thomas is a mother, partner and “life author” who has been embracing her love of words since adolescence. She is a native New Yorker to the bone and will remain in the city that never sleeps until her time on the earth is finished. She is a former teen journalist who wrote several articles about her time in the foster care system for Represent,formally known as Foster Care Youth United, a nationally published youth magazine for teens in the system. Monique has lent her...

Join me August 13, 2014 @8pm EST as I talk with Immani Love about life, erotica and poetry. Are they one and the same? Immani Love was born in Philadelphia, Pa and is currently making her home in Florida performing regularly at several venues throughout the US, UK, and Europe upon booking. Recently named 2013 Erotic Poet of the Year by the National Poetry Awards and invited to perform at UK Black Pride in London, England as well as EuroPride in Marseille, France. Currently on tour...

Join me July 30, 2014 @ 8pm EST as we have Transgender Coversations an open conversation about the ongoing issues, life and love in the community and how all this revolves around our panelists and maybe, just maybe you. Joining me will be Louis Mitchell, Reverend  Eunice “Yunus” Coldman and Jack Ori.  Louis serves as the Engagement Coordinator for the TransFaith and as the Minister of Family and Congregational Life for South Congregational Church in Springfield.  He is founding member of the...

Join us as we speak with prolific author Christiana Harrell about writing, her nomination and being her authentic self. Her first release, “GIRL: A Story for Every Les Being” became a #1 best seller in the Amazon Gay and Lesbian category on April 22, 2013. Girl Her latest accomplishment in literature came with her most recent release “Cream”, putting her up for her very first nomination—Lambda Literary Award in General Lesbian Fiction. Christiana is currently working on building her review...

Join me as I speak with Alexis De Veaux: Author • Poet • Activist about her newest work of love, Yabo. Alexis De Veaux was born and raised in Harlem, the product of two merging streams of black history in New York City-immigrants from the Caribbean on her mother’s side and migrants from North Carolina on her father’s side-who settled in Harlem in the early decades of the twentieth century. The second of eight children, that history was embedded in her mother’s view of life: “You got three...

Diedra Meredith Chairwoman of the LGBT Academy of Recording Arts (LARA) and CEO.  Born and raised in New Orleans, LA. In 1999 she transplanted to Brooklyn, NY. after retiring from her award winning career as a choreographer. She is also known as recording artist Deepa Soul, recently landing in the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 Club Play Dance Charts for the third time alongside Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears. Deepa Soul produced her first record in New York City with the legendary Superstar...

Join us as we talk with L. Michael Gipson a critically acclaimed writer, award-winning youth advocate and burgeoning songwriter. For his public health youth work, Michael was the recipient of the NAACP and the Black AIDS Institute 2001 Leaders of Today and Tomorrow award. His socio-political essays have been published in two recent anthologies, including "Emerging Agendas: The Best of Poverty and Race 2001-2005". His feature articles and cultural criticism essays have regularly appeared in...

G.R.I.T.S. - A MARVELOUS AND DIVERSE COLLECTION OF WRITINGS AND WRITERS! This cutting-edge anthology G.R.I.T.S : Girls Raised In The South- An Anthology of Southern Queer Womyns’ Voices and Their Allies, edited by Poet On Watch & Amber N. Williams, can be compared to the pioneering anthology Home Girls which featured writings by Black feminist and lesbian activists on topics both provocative and profound. G.R.I.T.S. is a critical self-analysis and celebration with multicultural queer...

We took a break after three years and 120 shows and now it's time to return! It's time to shine the light, once again, on those doing more than in the community. Join us for our "Welcome Back" show where we catch up with not only past guests but you the listener! Tell us what's been going on in your world as Kat shares what's been happening in hers. New books, new projects and of course new guests.  Speaking of guests, we are looking for new ones! If you haven't been on SOI, come join us,...

Award-winning writer, Robin G. White is the author of two published collections of poetry, Resurrection: A Collection of Work, Reflections of a Life Well Spent, a forthcoming e-book collection of poems of love and loss titled, When Love Departs, and a third volume of poetry due in 2013, These Three Things: Writings on Faith, Hope and Love. White is the author of two collections of short fiction, First Breath and Intersections and a writing journal, Omphaloskepsis Guided Writing Journal based...

A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, Sheree L. Greer has been published in Hair Trigger, The Windy City Times, Reservoir, Fictionary, and the Windy City Queer Anthology: Dispatches from the Third Coast. She has performed her work across selected venues in Milwaukee, New York, Miami, Chicago, and Tampa, where she hosts Oral Fixation, the only LGBTQ Open Mic series in Tampa Bay. She received a Union League of Chicago Civic Arts Foundation Award, earned her MFA at Columbia College Chicago, and...

Craig Stewart is one of America’s most gifted writers.  His work debuted on stage in Atlanta with A Day in the Life, wowing sold out audiences and critics alike. Stewart returns with his highly anticipated memoir, “Words Never Spoken” slated for release May 2012.  Said to be Stewart’s most revealing and personal work yet, “Words Never Spoken” details his journey as a songwriter, entrepreneur, playwright and self-discovery as a gay Black man living in Atlanta.   In it, Stewart writes candidly...

Listen in as we talk about Shades Retrea, past and future. Meet the team behind Shades and talk to the ladies who will be encouraging you to grow, empower and change.

James Earl Hardy is the author of the best-selling B-Boy Blues series: B-Boy Blues (1994), praised as "the first gay hip-hop love story" and prominently featured in Spike Lee’s Get On The Bus; it’s sequel, 2nd Time Around (1996); If Only For One Nite (1997); The Day Eazy-E Died(2001); Love The One You’re With (2002); and A House Is Not a Home (2005). The seventh installment, "Is It Still Jood To Ya?", is featured in the short story collection Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn...

Join us as we talk to author Teryn Williams about her newest release "Rose from the Bayou"  a novel centered in New Orleans during the 1990's. It is a dark and unthinkable tale of friendship between Scarlet Rose Laveau and Koral Baptiste. This sinister journey between two young and beautiful women spirals out of control in an inconceivable way. Hold on to the edge of your mind as Scarlet and Koral create a web of love, lies, and the ultimate betrayal.    Is there such a thing as...

Kai M. Green is a poet, performer, musician, and filmmaker dedicated to bringing the stories of the oppressed to forefront through their art and scholarship. Kai was born and raised in Oakland, California. Kai completed their B.A. in American Studies with a minor in Africana Studies at Williams College in 2007. Kai's dissertation engages the stories and histories of Black Queer Los Angeles. Kai’s short documentary entitled, "It Gets Messy in Here" explores the intersections of race, gender...

Dr. D. Marcell is a scholar and ordained minister. As founder and editor-in-chief of N-convenient Truth, an e-publication for SGL men of color, he believes that his divine call is to authenticate, validate, and empower the SGL. Saved, Sanctified, and Same-Gender Loving is the first in a series of books in which Dr. D. Marcell will deal with issues pertinent to the African-American SGL community. Saved, Sanctified, and Same-Gender Loving is a proclamation of reclamation for all...

PAPER OVER "THE REVIVAL"   A salon styled poetry tour, Cereus Arts' REVIVAL is a unique arts experience of libations, poetry, music, and more. Honors the  traditions of past artists and allies who communed in their homes, finding a shelter in each other. And in the work.       Reinvent the way poetry is heard.    Revive.    Delivering a night at once familiar and rare, THE REVIVAL is a chance to engage with women and changemakers from across the country. Experience poetry live in concert...

Marvin K. White, author of last rights (finalist for Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award), nothin’ ugly fly (finalist for Lambda Literary Award), Our Name Be Witness and Status, is a poet, performer, playwright, visual artist and community arts organizer. His poetry has been anthologized in The Road Before Us: 100 Black Gay Poets; My Brothers Keeper; Gents, Bad Boys and Barbarians: New Gay Writing; Things Shaped in Passing; Sojourner: Writing in the Age of AIDS; Bum Rush the Page;...

Elizabeth Anderson is the Programing Director at Charis Books and More, the South's oldest and largest independent bookstore since 1974. Elizabeth is a fiction writer and bookseller. She believes words have the power to change lives and can be reached at [email protected].

Michael-Christopher is a highly talented, multifaceted, creative professional based in the Washington, DC area. After working in the publishing industry in New York,  Michael created LIVING THE LIFE comic magazine then began writing novels based on the comic book characters. In '07, Michael's hit novel FROM TOP TO BOTTOM hit big, followed by its poignant follow-up UNSPEAKABLE. Michael then co-created SWERV magazine where he holds the positions of Editor-in-Chief Art Director and...

In November 2008, a tenacious group of black lesbian activists recognized that there was a void in the community of Southern California. Women were searching for a place to  come together. A place to share their feelings. A place where they could be their true authentic selves. With shared experience in organizing fifteen very successful black lesbian retreats (Sistahfest, from 1991 through 2005), these activists knew what needed to be done. It was time to come together, to bring a collective...

Filmmaker Tiona McClodden and publisher Lisa C. Moore announce their collaboration for a feature-length documentary film, Untitled Black Lesbian Elder Project. UBLEP will highlight interviews with black lesbian elders in their 60s, 70s and 80s from across the United States and situate them in a range of black historical movements, spanning the decades between the 1930s and 1980s. The film will feature 8-10 profiles of elders, and show accompanying archival footage and personal ephemera that...

Join me as I talk with author Gheri Y Headley the man behind the ITLA Literary Cafe "Beyond Stone" If ever it was necessary to personify passion, we would speculate that it was at least six feet tall and closely resembled author/publisher Gheri Y. Headley. His mission remains devoted to developing creative literary talent while empowering others to chase, and achieve their dreams.. Arachnid Productions was imbued by his efforts and felt that he is an artist with a gift worth sharing. The...