Dr. Qiana Cutts talks about her essay in “Queer South Rising: Voices of a Contested South.” She touches on being black, Afrocentric, a Southern belle and queer. She also shares a personal letter about accepting her own identity and not becoming a disappointment to her own black Southern mother.
Episodes
September 22, 2023
KUT Morning Newscast for September 22, 2023
Central Texas top stories for September 22, 2023. Austin Police Oversight. Austin ISD Special Education. Emergency Preparedness Event. Texas Memorial Museum Reopening. San Marcos Mermaid Fest.
September 17, 2023
Dr. Carmen Fields, pt.2 (Ep. 42, 2023)
On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Dr. Carmen Fields, war-winning broadcast news journalist and author of Going Back to T-Town: The Ernie Fields Territory Big Band, the story of her father, Tulsa-based musician and bandleader Ernie Fields.
September 13, 2023
KUT Morning Newscast for September 13, 2023
Central Texas top stories for September 13, 2023. Ken Paxton trial continues. Austin expands parental leave for city employees. Central Health presents budget.