Well-Read Black Girl with Glory Edim

Glory Edim started the Well-Read Black Girl community in 2015 as a way to celebrate and uplift Black women's writing, and the podcast extension, produced by Pushkin Industries, carries that same spirit into long-form audio conversations. Each episode features Edim sitting down with an author for an honest, personal discussion that goes well beyond the standard promotional interview. The guest list is remarkable: Viola Davis, Tayari Jones, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Elizabeth Acevedo, Brit Bennett, and Gabrielle Union have all appeared. What makes these conversations feel different is Edim's genuine relationship with the literary community she's built. She's not just an interviewer; she's a reader and organizer who has been thinking about these questions of representation, craft, and legacy for years. The discussions touch on writing process, the realities of publishing as a Black woman, healing through literature, and what it means to build a reading life. The tone is intimate and unhurried, like sitting in on a conversation between friends who happen to be brilliant. With 27 episodes produced between 2021 and 2023, the catalog is compact but every episode counts. The show hasn't released new episodes recently, but the existing library remains powerful and relevant. Rated 4.4 stars from 209 reviews, it's an important addition to literary podcasting that centers voices and stories too often pushed to the margins.