A Critical Race Theorist’s guide to writing smut novels, with Dr. Kevin Harrison

Episode 193 July 26, 2022 00:37:07
A Critical Race Theorist’s guide to writing smut novels, with Dr. Kevin Harrison
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A Critical Race Theorist’s guide to writing smut novels, with Dr. Kevin Harrison

Jul 26 2022 | 00:37:07

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Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“I told him, ‘You didn’t have a long, lucrative NBA career, but that doesn’t make you a failure. Yet if you let other people tell your story, that’s how you’re going to be depicted.”  –Dr. Kevin Harrison

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kevin talk about how Kevin started writing what he calls “smut novels,” how he sold them at the grassroots level, and how people reacted to them (3:30); what it’s like to represent lesser-known places like Wichita in urban fiction and other writing, and how Kevin came to co-write NBA player Korleone Young’s book (20:00); and the way Kevin’s music is another form of storytelling that draws on specific experiences and places (29:30).

Dr. Kevin Harrison is a writer, musician, and assistant teaching professor at Wichita State University. He is the author of Cameron Banks: The Reality Show, and co-author of One and Done: The Korleone Young Story.

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