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Podcast: New Books in African American Studies
Episode: Writing Beyond a Limited Narrative: A Conversation with Hari Ziyad
Description: Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Hari Ziyad’s journey through higher education.
Why they became editor of RaceBaitr after finishing film school at NYU.
The necessary disruption of social norms.
The challenges of writing memoir.
And a discussion of the book Black Boy Out of Time.
Our guest is: Hari Ziyad (he/they), a screenwriter, and the Editor-in-Chief of RaceBaitr. Originally from Cleveland, OH, they currently reside in Brooklyn, NY, and received their BFA from New York University, where they concentrated in Film and Television and Psychology. They a...