Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 4 Part 2 Joanne C. Hillhouse is from Antigua. She’s the author of “Dancing Nude in the Moonlight”. In this second segment, we talk about the importance of writing from our point of view as Afrocaribbean women and not from the white gaze perspective. We talk about being intentional to write our people in a multidimensional way and we also talk about the impact of her books on her audience. Her publishing journey is very diverse, but her passion for writing and creating stories is as strong as when she started 20 years ago.
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With Tati Richardson (Romance in Colour podcast) – Tim Tim? Bwa Fik!
0:00 – 1:15: intro + opening credits
1:16 – 3:09: update on my life + themes of today’s discussion
3:10 – 7:01: her motivation to tell the story of two sisters’ dynamic in “Dancing Nude in the Moonlight”
7:02 -9:54: why and how Joanne C. Hillhouse wrote “Musical Youth” in two weeks
9:55 – 15:15: her “Black is beautiful” mission in her writing
15:16 – 18:15: how Blackness is still seen as negative and the need for self-love to show our humanity
18:16 : how she’s all about “keeping it real” to stay authentic
25:04 : how Caribbean readers have high expectations when it comes to accurate representation
28:02 -30:54: how we need to be ourselves when we write about us and stop overexplaining ourselves
30:55 – 40:28 : the diversity of her publishing journey
40:29 – 44:40: the stigma around self-publishing in the early 00’s in the Caribbean + the obligation to seek traditional publishers outside of the Caribbean
44:41 – 49:13: how she’s a literature fangirl at heart + the story of the 10-year anniversary edition of “Dancing Nude in the Moonlight” with fanfictions
49:14 – 49:39: her advice to her younger self
49:38 – 51:17: outro
Music: Yenki Vou – Meemee Nelzy (A/C: M.Nelzy/M. Nelzy)
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