Episode 6: Making a Superhero with Crown the Writer ft. Crown Shepherd
Emerging fiction, picture book, and comic book writer, Crown Shepherd (aka Crown the Writer) joins the podcast to explore the journey of discovering and harnessing her own superpower and genius. Crown's writing is deeply rooted in her upbringing and surroundings and she draws on her experiences to create Black characters who are a representation of real children in her life. In this episode, Crown explores how staying true to her story as a Black writer fuels her creativity. She talks to Tracine about what makes a superhero and how discovering your own power can be a source for fortifying not only yourself, but also your community and the world.
*The music you hear on the podcast is provided by Blue Dot Sessions and is used here under a Creative Commons License.
Find Crown:
Website: https://crownthewriter.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crownthewriter/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/crownthewriter
Further Reading:
Tangled Roots: Decoding the history of Black Hair by CBC Radio
TikToker @Cici Michele breaks down the history of how cornrows were used by enslaved people by AJ Plus
Jesmyn Ward's 'Men We Reaped' is a tale of young men lost too soon by Los Angeles Times
Shannon Gibney, Writer
Nation's Largest African-American Hair Show Marks 70 Years Of Black Beauty by NPR
Wail Song by Chaun Webster
Literacy By Any Means Necessary: The History of Anti-Literacy Laws in the U.S by Oakland Literacy Coalition
Madam Walker, the First Black American Woman to Be a Self-Made Millionaire | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross by Henry Louis Gate, Jr - PBS
Data on Books by and/or about Black, Indigenous and People of Color (All Years) by Cooperative Children's Book Center
References:
Crown Comics Kickstarter website
Oppressed Hair Puts a Ceiling On the Brain by Alice Walker
Toni Morrison Quotes by Goodreads
What does ‘Taji’ mean? translation to Kiswahili
About the "GD Star” Six-Point Star
Quote by Octavia Butler: “First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable...”
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Episode 5: Rewriting the Rules; ‘Wail Song’ by Author, Chaun Webster: Wading Through and Against Antiblackness
The Poet X - National Book Foundation by Elizabeth Acevedo
Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery by bell hooks
Hybrid/Independent Publishers of books by Black, Indigenous and People of Color writers:
Hybrid publishingby Wikipedia
Documentary: Elementary Genocide: The School To Prison Pipeline