{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 34 - A. Rafael Johnson","description":"On this episode, Lissa Jones sits down with author A. Rafael Johnson. He was named a Kimbilio Fellow in African American Fiction in 2014. Last year he published his first novel, The Through, which was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in Fiction. Johnson&amp;nbsp;co-owns&amp;nbsp;TerraLuna Collaborative, a social justice-focused consulting firm based in Minneapolis. He has co-produced Writer\u2019s Resist \u2013 Twin Cities and Banned Together. He currently teaches Magical Realism at&amp;nbsp;The Minneapolis College of Art and Design. ","author_name":"Givens Foundation | Black Market Reads","author_url":"http:\/\/givensbmr.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6512833\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/6512833"}