Ep. 92: Author and educator Nina Sharma on black and brown love and allyship

The Indian Edit

Wondering where to start with learning more about black and brown solidarity? Or how to write about a difficult experience? Reading author and educator Nina Sharma’s wonderful debut “The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown” is a great first step. So grateful to Nina for her honest and elegant writing and for this amazing chat! Nina shares her sometimes rocky road to owning her writer identity, her struggle to write about her mental health challenges, and the profound connection she felt when she met her husband who is African-American and a fellow writer.

BONUS: So much great advice on writing for everyone out there! Listen now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND!

SHOWNOTES for Ep. 92:

Connect with Nina through her websiteand Twitter/X

Buy her book “The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown”

Books and other stuff we discussed on the show:

Margo Jefferson’s Negroland and Constructing a Nervous System

Big Blue Marble Bookshop in Philadelphia

Asian American Writer’s Workshop

The Question of Palestine by Edward Said

Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley

They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us by Prachi Gupta

Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza

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Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas, Aman Moroney and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!