{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 31 - Desiree Cooper","description":"Desiree Cooper, author of the award-winning short fiction collection Know the Mother&amp;nbsp;talks with host Lissa Jones about the complexities of motherhood and the ways that motherhood interacts, and at times conflicts, with the many other roles that women take on.&amp;nbsp; Desiree Cooper is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, community activist, and a former attorney. She was also a founding board member of Cave Canem, the national residency for emerging black poets. Copies of her book can be purchased from on Amazon or from her publisher:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.wsupress.wayne.edu\/books\/detail\/know-mother &amp;nbsp; ","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\/6368824\/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\/6368824"}