S1, E21: The Literary Edit Podcast with JJ Bola

For the twenty-first episode of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by poet, writer and author, JJ Bola. I absolutely adored my conversation with JJ, and of all the guests I’ve had on my podcast, speaking to him about not only his love of books – but the stories behind them - really reminded me of why I started my podcast in the first place. You can read his list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   Season of Migration to the North by Tayib Saleh We Real Cool and Will to Change by bell hooks The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon Of Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Patrice Some Songs from Under the River by Anis Mojgani Basketball (And Other Things) by Shea Serrano Two Thousand Seasons by Ayi Kwei Armah   Other books we spoke about included Behold the Dreamers by Imbole Mbue and A Little Life by Hanya Yanigaraha.   If you’d like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you’re based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit JJ Bola   Instagram @the_litedit @jj_bola   Twitter @thelitedit @JJ_Bola