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The Book Stoop
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Past the corner bodega and down the block from the fresh cuts barbershop, you’ll find a brick row house at the intersection of Literature Place and Social Justice Blvd. Hosted by Amanda Lytle for Row House Publishing, each episode of The Book Stoop features the latest on book culture, nerd culture, current events, and more with best-selling authors, change-makers, and risk-takers that will leave you feeling plugged in and lit up. So grab your favorite cuppa, and tune in for hot takes, chill vibes, and quality conversations on the stoop.
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Shawna Gann: True Colors Consulting, Organizational Fairness, and Leading with Intention
Sep 6, 202200:30:12Tap to summarizeAs a Certified Diversity Professional and Scholar-Practitioner, Shawna Gann successfully marries business psychology, learning theory, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles to support organizations as they advance DEI practices in the workplace and in everyday social situations. Though she works with employees at all levels of an organization supporting the many dimensions of diversity, she specializes in racial ambiguity, authenticity, and belonging. Through her world travels, Shawna has immersed herself in global and social culture granting a fresh perspective and the ability to think broadly, which has augmented her work as an effective and impactful consultant, educator, and doctoral candidate. In the conversation today, we dive into organizational fairness, the backstory to True Colors Consulting, and Shawna’s journey from classroom to the world of organizational leadership and then into business psychology, and her continuing studies!-----Shout Out: @DivestingFromWhiteness | @JReedConsulting Shawna’s Website: www.TrueColorsDEI.com Shawna’s Podcast: www.TrueColorsCast.com Row House Publishing on Instagram: @RowHousePubPodcast Transcriptions Available: www.RowHousePublishing.com/Podcast Learn more about Row House Publishing and our mission to Raise the Volume on Voices That Matter™: RowHousePublishing.com Original Book Stoop theme: anonymousCover art: Danielle Pioli (https://www.DaniellePioli.com)
Transcribe →Julianna Rose: 420 Tarot and the Tool Box for Magic Making, Creativity and Spirituality
Aug 30, 202200:26:51Tap to summarizeJulianna Rose (she/they) is an illustrator and magic tool maker. They have studied world building, time traveling, and tarot at the Cecilia Weston Spiritual Academy. They have created artwork for children's books, ad agencies, grocery stores, and apparel. Julianna enjoys smoking weed and snacking, gardening, pulling tarot cards, having deep conversations, hiking, swimming, and magic making. They are mixed race (Korean and white) and currently live in the desert with their partner and dog, Shimmy.In the conversation today, Julianna tells us about their relationship to cannabis, and how it started and has evolved. We hear about the perspective shifts on the plant as medicine, and how it’s become part of a tool kit for creativity. Julianna shares their excitement about the 420 Tarot deck, and how they’ve worked through creative blocks, weaving through spirituality and creativity. They offer a caveat for white people and people of color with white privilege when using the deck, and personal suggestions for starting a meditative ritual and relationship with cannabis.*host and guest are not experts, and content discussed in this podcast should not be taken as professional or medical advice*-----Shout Out: @TheCannabisCutie | @JadeTPerry Row House Publishing on Instagram: @RowHousePubPodcast Transcriptions Available: www.RowHousePublishing.com/Podcast Learn more about Row House Publishing and our mission to Raise the Volume on Voices That Matter™: RowHousePublishing.com Original Book Stoop theme: anonymousCover art: Danielle Pioli (https://www.DaniellePioli.com)
Transcribe →Nancy Torres: Say It With Me (Dilo Conmigo) + Embracing Our Feelings
Aug 23, 202200:24:56Tap to summarizeNancy Torres is an Author, Childhood Educator, and Meditation Guide. She loves inspiring and supporting children in their academic and social-emotional development. Nancy received a B.A. in Corporate Communications from Baruch College, City University of New York, and received an M.A. in Childhood Education and Special Education from New York University. Nancy speaks both English and Spanish, and lives in New York with her husband and two sons whom they are raising bilingual.In the conversation today, we hear about the backstory behind and the creative process that brought Nancy’s book Say It With Me (Dilo Conmigo) to life. Nancy shares how releasing her book-baby was received by her friends and family, and how that influenced her perspectives on the book and the idea behind it. We chat about how a timer can change the game when it comes to a full system reset, the lessons we learn from children, and how we can work together to embrace, honor and express our emotions. -----Shout Out: @Christopher__Rivas | @Emily.Auffrey | @BrittHawthorne | @JulietaTorresD Nancy on Instagram: @IAmNancyTorres Say It With Me (Dilo Conmigo): WheatPennyPress.com/SayItWithMe Row House Publishing on Instagram: @RowHousePubPodcast Transcriptions Available: www.rowhousepublishing.com/podcast Learn more about Row House Publishing and our mission to Raise the Volume on Voices That Matter™: http://rowhousepublishing.com Original Book Stoop theme: anonymousCover art: Danielle Pioli (https://www.daniellepioli.com)
Transcribe →Nōn Wels: You, Me, Empathy + One Heart at a Time
Aug 16, 202200:32:22Tap to summarize*Content Warning: topics include abuse, anorexia and suicidal ideation*Nōn Wels is a writer, doggo lover, creator of the You, Me, Empathy podcast, and founder of The Feely Human Collective, a space to grow and grapple with the wonders of empathy, vulnerability, and emotional curiosity. In the conversation today, we hear the backstory to the You, Me, Empathy podcast, and what brave safety means to Nōn. We speak about using our privilege, uplifting others, leading by example, and what keeps Nōn inspired.-----Shout Out: @Surrija | Songwhip.com/Surrija Nōn on Instagram: @FeelyHuman Nōn’s links: linktr.ee/FeelyHuman Row House Publishing on Instagram: @RowHousePubPodcast Transcriptions Available: www.rowhousepublishing.com/podcast Learn more about Row House Publishing and our mission to Raise the Volume on Voices That Matter™: http://rowhousepublishing.com Original Book Stoop theme: anonymousCover art: Danielle Pioli (https://www.daniellepioli.com)
Transcribe →Sonali Fiske: Sacred Listening, Sacred Rage, Speaking Up and Speaking Out
Aug 9, 202200:29:09Tap to summarizeSonali Fiske is a woman-identified, Sri Lankan-born, California-grown leadership mentor, radio talk show host, spoken word artist, writer, international speaker, and mama to one teenaged-son. Her everyday work is to fortify and amplify revolutionary BIPoC voices in a collapsing white-dominant, colonized landscape. Sonali specifically mentors trans and cis womxn and non-binary and gender nonconforming people who are open to being in femme centered space. Her other devotions are centering racial justice and social change on her show, writing to heal, ocean talk as soul survival & her mother’s rice & curry. Sonali is also a part of the local International Council of Interfaith & Indigenous Women. She speaks 3 languages, has visited 32 countries (so far), and is living out her life story in Orange County, CA. In the conversation today, we dive into the acronym BIWoC, and how Sonali uses it in her work. We hear about the background to BIWoC Revolutionaries Take the Mic, and how sacred rage and sacred listening can be used to serve and for growth and healing.-----Shout Out: @TheNapMinistry | @AdrienneMareeBrown | @AndreaRanaeJ Sonali on Instagram: @SonaliFiske Sonali’s Links: linktr.ee/SonaliFiske Kelsey’s Article: Expanding Awareness: How Patterns of Interaction Support White Supremacy Row House Publishing on Instagram: @RowHousePubPodcast Transcriptions Available: www.rowhousepublishing.com/podcast Learn more about Row House Publishing and our mission to Raise the Volume on Voices That Matter™: http://rowhousepublishing.com Original Book Stoop theme: anonymousCover art: Danielle Pioli (https://www.daniellepioli.com)
Transcribe →Jess Bird: Safety in Oneself, and Being More Than Mostly Happy
Aug 2, 202200:29:05Tap to summarizeJess Bird is a self taught artist + illustrator, making magic in her hometown of Rochester, NY. She started her instagram and shop Bless the Messy in 2014, in an effort to connect back to herself and others during the darkness of depression. Exposing herself as a messy, in-process human figuring it out, she uses her illustrations to convey what she’s learning, how she’s feeling, and how she moves through the world around her. Her hope is that people feel seen, validated, and less alone. She started Bless the Messy in a closet (both literally and figuratively) and has grown as an artist and human alongside so many of those who have supported her journey (even at a distance).In the conversation today, we hear about lessons learned from life with chickens, and how they help create community. Jess shares about how social media has been used as a tool to share as she’s been navigating life and finding safety in herself and at home in her body - without the filters or trying to shapeshift to gain love and acceptance from others. Jess also shares a bit about how she had to completely dismantle the life she’d been living in order to step into authenticity and truth. -----Shout Out: @BlkBookSwapJess on Instagram: @BlessTheMessy Row House Publishing on Instagram: @RowHousePubPodcast Transcriptions Available: www.rowhousepublishing.com/podcast Learn more about Row House Publishing and our mission to Raise the Volume on Voices That Matter™: http://rowhousepublishing.com Original Book Stoop theme: anonymousCover art: Danielle Pioli (https://www.daniellepioli.com)
Transcribe →Rosa Lowinger: Wandering to Belong, Deadlines and Deliberate Design
Jul 26, 202200:30:20Tap to summarizeRosa Lowinger is a writer and art conservator most well-known for Tropicana Nights: the Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub, the definitive book on Havana’s pre-Castro nightclub era. Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Rosa has an M.A. in art history and conservation from NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, and she is a fellow of every major international conservation organization. She lives in Los Angeles, where she is chief conservator at RLA Conservation, LLC, a firm she founded that specializes in sculpture, contemporary art, and integral architectural finishes. She was the 2009 Rome Prize Fellow in conservation at the American Academy in Rome, where she researched a project called “A Comprehensive History of Vandalism.” Curatorial credits include Concrete Paradise: Miami Marine Stadium at the Coral Gables Museum (2013), and Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure, American Seduction at the Wolfsonian in Miami Beach (2016). Her memoir Dwell Time: Reflections on Art, Restoration, and Exile will be published in 2023 by RowHouse Publishing.In the conversation today, Rosa explains why reading well-written and compelling work helps her strive to do better. We hear about her “double” immigration story, reflections and insights from her life, wandering to belong, and about her business in art restoration and how this has influenced her life.-----Shout Out: BrigidAlliance.org | @brigidalliance Rosa on Instagram: @rlaconservation Rosa’s Website: RosaLowinger.com RLAConservation of Art & Architecture: https://rlaconservation.com/ Row House Publishing on Instagram: @rowhousepubPodcast Transcriptions Available: www.rowhousepublishing.com/podcast Learn more about Row House Publishing and our mission to Raise the Volume on Voices That Matter™: http://rowhousepublishing.com Original Book Stoop theme: anonymousCover art: Danielle Pioli (https://www.daniellepioli.com)
Transcribe →Asha Frost: Finding One’s Own Medicine + Reclaiming One’s Power
Jul 19, 202200:24:06Tap to summarizeAsha Frost is an Indigenous Medicine Woman and a member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation. She is the best selling author of You are the Medicine, and has guided thousands of people through profound and lasting transformation. Asha is from the Crane Clan, the totem of leadership, and believes in holding space from vision and heart. As an energy healer, homeopath, and mentor, Asha has blended her life experience with her innate gifts and the wisdom of her Ancestors. She loves sharing her Medicine in powerful ways through Ceremonies, teachings, and speaking events. Through this work, she loves seeing people reclaim their roots, find their healing wisdom, and rise into their power.In the conversation today, Asha recalls her experience of writing her book as being so similar to a birth, and the challenges that came with the creative process in a lockdown period. We hear about her latest project, an oracle deck, and how her diagnosis with lupus redirected her in early adulthood. Asha shares about her intentions to help others rise into their power by unwinding from the systemic damage and impact, as well as how the essence of children weaves into her work.-----Shout Out: @kaitlincurtice Asha on Instagram: @asha.frostAsha’s Book - You Are The Medicine: youarethemedicinebook.com Row House Publishing on Instagram: @rowhousepubPodcast Transcriptions Available: www.rowhousepublishing.com/podcast Learn more about Row House Publishing and our mission to Raise the Volume on Voices That Matter™: http://rowhousepublishing.com Original Book Stoop theme: anonymousCover art: Danielle Pioli (https://www.daniellepioli.com)
Transcribe →Daniel J. O’Brien: Flip it Horizontal, and Learn to Walk Away - An Illustrator’s Perspective
Jul 12, 202200:31:48Tap to summarizeDaniel J. O’Brien is a Trinidad-born author and illustrator currently residing in New York with his fantastic partner, Ashleigh, and their loyal but nervous dog, Obbie. He holds a BFA in Illustration from The School of Visual Arts. With that and his love of everything folklore, nature, and science, he is continually fueling his passion for illustration. He uses his honed ability to bring forth exuberant and whimsical illustrations full of life, and vibrant color. Daniel has written, illustrated, designed, and self-published two children's books. The Carnival Prince and I Am The Midnight Robber are both projects that are near and dear as they represent his Caribbean heritage. He has also teamed up with the small publisher, Caribbean Reads, and illustrated the picture books, The Talking Mango Tree and The Masquerade Dance.In the conversation today, we hear all about Daniel’s love of sci-fi and how he started exploring storytelling early in his life, with illustrations and then into comic strips and books. As his work evolved, he began weaving his culture and his own personal narratives into his stories. Much of his work and mentorship with youth aims to encourage others to celebrate their own stories while absorbing the lessons in the sharing.-----Shout Out: @ashraevision | Pod Save America Podcast + F*ck Bans Action Plan Daniel on Instagram: @danielostudios The Carnival Prince: https://bookshop.org/books/the-carnival-prince/ Row House Publishing on Instagram: @rowhousepubPodcast Transcriptions Available: www.rowhousepublishing.com/podcast Learn more about Row House Publishing and our mission to Raise the Volume on Voices That Matter™: http://rowhousepublishing.com Original Book Stoop theme: anonymousCover art: Danielle Pioli (https://www.daniellepioli.com)
Transcribe →Rawiyah Tariq: Community, Defiance and Creating a Delicious Life
Jul 5, 202200:29:22Tap to summarizeRawiyah Tariq is a Black, gender non-binary, fat, disabled and neurodivergent artist and kink aware professional. Their roots are in queer, poly-amorous, fat community. Their tone is reflective of these roots and their work is informed by how these intersect with their Blackness. Magic, massage, storytelling and performance art are tools they use to liberate, heal and reclaim space for marginalized communities. They believe in cohesive and somatic healing and holding practices that align body, mind and spirit.In the conversation today, we hear about Rawiyah’s entry into writing as an escape from bullying, stimulating their mind and spirit. Rawiyah tells us about their mission with A Sovereign Embodiment, and how their work and writing is centered around that vision. They work intentionally from a place of love to help others in remembering themselves in their totality and to live with choice and authenticity. Rawiyah also shares some really incredible insights and projects regarding rest, specifically within their community.-----Shout Out: @asovereignembodiment | @projectetesen Rawiyah on Instagram: @mammyisdead Row House Publishing on Instagram: @rowhousepubPodcast Transcriptions Available: www.rowhousepublishing.com/podcast Learn more about Row House Publishing and our mission to Raise the Volume on Voices That Matter™: http://rowhousepublishing.com Original Book Stoop theme: anonymousCover art: Danielle Pioli (https://www.daniellepioli.com)
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