Marita Golden on How to Prioritize Your Health, Wealth & Community for a Productive Literary Life

Reed, Write, and Create

On episode 36 of the podcast, get the actual blueprint for a happy, healthy, productive literary life. Enjoy this episode from our archives with Marita Golden, award-winning author, journalist, writing coach, and living, literary legend.

Marita Golden is an award-winning author of over twenty works of fiction and nonfiction. Her books include the novels The Wide Circumference of Love, and After and the memoirs Migrations of the Heart, Saving Our Sons and Don’t Play in the Sun One Woman’s Journey Through the Color Complex. Her most recent work of nonfiction is The New Black Woman Loves Herself Has Boundaries and Heals Every Day. Marita is the Co-founder and President Emerita of the Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Foundation.

Marita is the recipient of numerous awards including the Writers for Writers Award presented by Barnes & Noble and Poets and Writers, the Fiction Award for her novel After awarded by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and she is a two-time NAACP Image Award nominee.

During our conversation, Marita gives a masterclass on what it takes to create a sustaining and sustainable literary life over 40 years! She talks about the importance of health, wealth, and community for writers, and more importantly, she offers actionable advice for you to put into practice right now.

Besides the fact that this episode is so jam packed with information and inspiration, I also wanted to re-run it because Marita Golden has a new book coming out titled: How to Become a Black Writer: Creating & Honoring Black Stories That Matter. The book will be released in February 2025, but it is available for pre-order now.

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