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Because You’re Never Too Old For A Bedtime Story

Storytime for Grown-Ups is a new way that Bookleggers brings books directly to YOU, through a different artist or author each week reading one of their favorite stories, poems, or essays. LIVE Every Thursday at 10PM on Instagram.

Click below to see each episode!

SEASON 7
Curated by Third Horizon

Third Horizon Film Festival opens today! Revisit episodes from our seventh season, featuring a lineup of international authors, artists, filmmakers, and poets from the Caribbean, its Diaspora, and beyond, curated by @thrdhrzn! And head to thirdhorizonfilmfestival.com to check out their lineup of films, music, and art — presented virtually and in person — through July 1.

Storytime will return soon. 🇭🇹
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• SEASON 7 RECAP • ⠀
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1. Third Horizon takes over Storytime! Kicking off the season, actor, writer, and professor of English at Coppin State University, 𝘿𝙧. 𝙆𝙤𝙠𝙤 𝙕𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙪-𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙚 (@comptonauthor, she/her) joins the show to read “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston!

2. Trinidad-born writer, DJ and jouvayist 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙝 𝙎𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 (@tillahji, she/her) joins the show with “Is Just a Movie” by Earl Lovelace!
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3. London-based St. Lucian photographer, artist, filmmaker, and historian 𝙁𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙣 AKA 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣 (@knowyourcaribbean, she/her) joins the show to read from “The Mermaid of Black Conch” by Monique Roffey!
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4. International Bajan icon & visual artist 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙖 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚 (@sheenaroseinc, she/her) joins the show to read from “Miguel Street” by V.S. Naipaul!
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5. Hailing from Port-au-Prince and coming to us live from New York City, lens-based artist 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣 (@stevenbaboun, he/they) joins the show to read “A Wall of Fire Rising“ from Edwige Danticat’s “Krik? Krak!”

6. Trinidadian poet & writer 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤 (@pleasureblog, he/him) joins the show to read from Shirley Jackson’s “Louisa, Please Come Home”!
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EP. 43 • Dr. Koko Zauditu-Selassie! 📚✨

EP. 43 • Dr. Koko Zauditu-Selassie! 📚✨

EP. 44 • Attillah Springer! 📚✨

EP. 44 • Attillah Springer! 📚✨

EP. 45 • Know Your Caribbean! 📚✨

EP. 45 • Know Your Caribbean! 📚✨

EP. 46 • Sheena Rose! 📚✨

EP. 46 • Sheena Rose! 📚✨

EP. 47 • Steven Baboun! 📚✨

EP. 47 • Steven Baboun! 📚✨

EP. 48 • Andre Bagoo! 📚✨

EP. 48 • Andre Bagoo! 📚✨

SEASON 6

Curated by O, Miami Poetry Festival

Storytime Season 6:
Curated by O, Miami Poetry Festival

1. Poet extraordinaire 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙈𝙘𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝 (@bashois2, he/him) joins the show to read a selection of his favorite road poems.⠀⠀
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2. Multidisciplinary artist human 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙬𝙚 𝙊𝙠𝙤𝙣𝙖 (@chinweokona, she/her) joins the show to read Faith Ringgold’s Church Picnic Story Quilt!⠀
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3. Haitian poet, essayist, and translator 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙏𝙤𝙣-𝘼𝙞𝙢𝙚 (@sonyquasimodo, he/him) joins the show to read his translation of Maurice Sixto’s “Gwo Moso”.⠀⠀
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4. American Book Award winner 𝙎𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙖 𝙋𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡 (@sasharpimentel on twitter, she/her) joins the show to read a selection of poems — and perform LIVE FRUIT NINJA!
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5. Poet, essayist, and literary critic 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙆𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙧-𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙨 (@mkdordiggsy, he/him) joins the show with “Upon Reading That Eric Dolphy Transcribed Even the Calls of Certain Species of Birds” by John Murillo
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Presented in collaboration with and curated by O, Miami Poetry Festival (@omiamifestival)⠀⠀

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EP. 38 • Campbell McGrath! 📚✨

EP. 38 • Campbell McGrath! 📚✨

EP. 39 • Chinwe Okona! 📚✨

EP. 39 • Chinwe Okona! 📚✨

EP. 40 • Sony Ton-Aime! 📚✨

EP. 40 • Sony Ton-Aime! 📚✨

EP. 41 • Sasha Pimentel! 📚✨

EP. 41 • Sasha Pimentel! 📚✨

EP. 42 • Michael Kleber-Diggs! 📚✨

EP. 42 • Michael Kleber-Diggs! 📚✨

SEASON 5

Our fifth season of Storytime for Grown-Ups takes you to the final fronteir! Tune in to see your favorite artists and authors bring you their favorite out-of-this-world stories, poems, and essays. Always on IG Live, available now on IGTV.

EP. 31 • Emily Mars! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 31 • Emily Mars! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 32 • Nerissa Street! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 32 • Nerissa Street! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 33 • VantaBlack! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 33 • VantaBlack! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 34 • Suanay Hernández! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 34 • Suanay Hernández! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 35 • Agatha Christie Orjales! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 35 • Agatha Christie Orjales! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 36 • Niki Franco! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 36 • Niki Franco! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 37 • Patty Suau! 🚀📚🪐

EP. 37 • Patty Suau! 🚀📚🪐

SEASON 4

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EP. 25 • Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 25 • Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 26 • Saleem Reshamwala! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 26 • Saleem Reshamwala! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 27 • Octavia Yearwood! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 27 • Octavia Yearwood! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 28 • Alec Castillo! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 28 • Alec Castillo! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 29 • Tayina Deravile! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 29 • Tayina Deravile! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 30 • Randy Garcia! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 30 • Randy Garcia! 🦉✨🦄

SEASON 3

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EP. 17 • Faren Humes! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 17 • Faren Humes! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 18 • Jonathan David Kane! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 18 • Jonathan David Kane! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 19 • Nadege Green! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 19 • Nadege Green! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 20 • Oscar Rieveling! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 20 • Oscar Rieveling! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 21 • Jaswinder Bolina! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 21 • Jaswinder Bolina! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 22 • Dale Zine! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 22 • Dale Zine! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 23 • Queef Latina! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 23 • Queef Latina! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 24 • Arsimmer McCoy! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 24 • Arsimmer McCoy! 🦉✨🦄

SEASON 2

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EP. 9 • Kevin Arrow! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 9 • Kevin Arrow! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 10 • Monica Peña! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 10 • Monica Peña! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 11 • Ariel Francisco! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 11 • Ariel Francisco! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 12 • Maria Theresa Barbist! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 12 • Maria Theresa Barbist! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 13 • misael soto! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 13 • misael soto! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 14 • Dana DeGreff! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 14 • Dana DeGreff! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 15 • Angela Bolaños! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 15 • Angela Bolaños! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 16 • B.E. Harachandh! 🦉✨🦄

EP. 16 • B.E. Harachandh! 🦉✨🦄

SEASON 1

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Craig Pittman

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Paloma Izquierdo

Paloma Izquierdo

Michelle Lisa Polissaint

Michelle Lisa Polissaint

Chloe Walters-Wallace

Chloe Walters-Wallace

Rev. Houston R. Cypress

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Monica Sorelle

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