Rising to the Occasion with Shenequa Golding

This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Shenequa Golding, author of the essay collection A Black Girl in the Middle: Essays on (Allegedly) Figuring it All Out. Shenequa’s collection is the culmination of what happened after her essay about being Black in the workplace after George Floyd’s murder went viral. So viral, Amazon founder and billionaire, Jeff Bezos, reposted it. 

In our conversation, Shenequa explains why she never thought a book deal was within her reach even though she'd been writing for years. Plus, how she’s overcoming her own insecurities. And, why she wants the twenty-somethings coming behind her to remember that grace and anger are not mutually exclusive.