Episode 91: Nate Marshall

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Rachel Zucker talks with poet, rapper, and polymath Nate Marshall about hometowns, moving, lies and preconceptions, building creative friendships, being good at small talk, the benefits of Zoom book tours, and so much more. Marshall also discusses his writing processes, both individual and collaborative, and reads from his recently-published collection Finna, out now from One World, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Books and Projects by/with Nate Marshall

• Finna (One World, 2020)

• Wild Hundreds (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015)

• Breakbeat Poets (Haymarket Books, 2015)

• Blood Percussion (Button Poetry, 2014)

• 1989, The Number (Haymarket Books, 2016) Free download!

• No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

• Daily Lyrical Product

• Dark Noise Collective

• Bruh Rabbit

• Crescendo Literary

Other Texts & People Mentioned in the Episode

• Zora Neale Hurston’s Mules and Men (Harper Perennial)

• Gwendolyn Brooks

• Chance the Rapper

• Richard Wright

• Margaret Walker

• Langston Hughes

• Boondocks (animated series)

• “Mrs Officer” by Lil Wayne

• Scandal

Dark Noise Collective: 

• Aaron Samuels

• Fatimah Ashgar 

• Danez Smith

• Jamila Woods

• Franny Choi

  Follow Nate Marshall on Twitter and Instagram or sign up for his Substack to know more about his books, readings and events.

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