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Narrator Eboni Flowers uses her Broadway experience to portray Neevah Saint, a theater actress recruited to star in film director Canon Holt’s biopic about 1940s-era Black, bisexual singer Dessi Blue. Flowers dazzles with her emotional and vocal range. Her smooth voice spotlights Neevah’s passion for Canon and his film. Flowers differentiates cast and crew in her dialogue.... Read More

Seven talented narrators bring the complex protagonists of Evans's short fiction to life. The stories are a dazzling blend of the personal and the universal, a collection of masterfully crafted moments exploring history, guilt, Blackness, womanhood, American racism, and trauma. Janina Edwards gives an emotional performance of the titular novella about a historian unraveling a... Read More

Narrator Nicole Small glides through this Black soap opera with its young, sexy, and dangerous characters. Home to Michigan from London, Morgan Atkins must decide between her high-society fiancé and her hometown friend, Ahmeek. Small's dialogue conveys Morgan's identity crisis and her love for her twin toddlers, whose father she believes is dead. Small raises lots of steam for... Read More

There is something for everyone in this timely poetry collection. Varied voices ring throughout the performances, ranging from quiet to cacophonous. The narrators are well matched to the style of each poem, moving from sassily irreverent to coolly somber. The order of the poems is also suitable, carrying the listener from joy to despair to hope and back again. Assembled over 40... Read More

Narrator Nicole Small scores a win with her elegant performance of Kristen Ashley's new "Rock Chick" novella. Fifty-something Shirleen Jackson meets Moses Richardson when he crashes his supermarket cart into hers, jump-starting their courtship. The voice Small gives Shirleen contrasts her survival tactics with her inner vulnerability. Moses's deeper, rolling cadence makes his... Read More

Narrator Nicole Small’s soulful voice is a perfect match for protagonist Deborah Robinson, a recent widow in search of a new start who relocates to her grandmother’s home in Sanctuary Cove and opens a bookstore. Small’s soothing voice and deliberate, unruffled pacing capture Deborah’s calm yet wary nature. Small also credibly portrays the placid, nurturing personality of Asa... Read More