{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 136: Interview with MacArthur Fellow Jason Reynolds","description":"&amp;nbsp; [This interview was conducted online and there may be some audio variation.] Newly anointed MacArthur Fellow and best-selling, award-winning author Jason Reynolds returns to the MiP podcast for the 10th anniversary year! His new book, Twenty-Four Seconds From Now, joins the compendium of many of Jason's love stories for and featuring young people. Jason speaks to the transparency of larger conversations around intimacy--what it means, feels like, and actually looks like outside of &quot;mainstream&quot; representation--the multidudes of love in relationships and storytelling, as well as a very necessary need for more discourse around the emotions that come with Black male's sexual experiences. Particularly the need for more tenderness. [You can sign up for the MiP monthly newsletter with job listings, guest news, transcripts, and new eps on the MiP website&amp;nbsp;here.]   This month's episode &amp;amp; newsletter were sponsored by&amp;nbsp;Writeability, a nonprofit writers guild, in defense of the imagination. Intro\/Outro music is by Moutaineer and licensed through&amp;nbsp;Premuim Beat.   ","author_name":"Minorities in Publishing","author_url":"http:\/\/minoritiesinpublishing.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33342822\/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\/content\/179226347"}