Podcast Appearances

Season 5 | Episode 8.5 | The Turn On x Katrina Jackson

In this episode of The Turn On, Erica and Kenrya talk to author Katrina Jackson about Black academia, creating what we want to see, the glorious intentionality of polyamorous relationships, writing internal conflict and happy-for-nows, stepping away from grind culture and why history is both fascinating and horny.

090. Taboo Lite: Joyless Hags Book Club

A touch of taboo...the Joyless Hags (Katrina Jackson & Tasha L. Harrison) reunite to dissect Seducing My Guardian by Katee Robert. We ask "What is this book trying to do?" When a book opens a door, does it have to close a window somewhere?! Also some news!

Black Romance Podcast: Katrina Jackson

Today’s guest is Katrina Jackson, best-selling writer of over twenty novels. She joins me to discuss her prolific career. Katrina discusses some of her early reading practices, writing her first romance, a self-published book titled Encore, and why she publishes affirming images of Black women. She also recounts how her life as a pre and post tenured historian in the Academy informs some of her novels’ themes. She and I also discuss several of her books: From Scratch, Office Hours, The Hitman, Encore, Grand Theft New Year’s Eve, and her current release Back in the Day.

#fallsonlove episode 064: INDIGO, FROM SCRATCH ft. KATRINA JACKSON

Yoooooo, chopping it up with the homie, author Katrina Jackson, discussing Indigo by Beverly Jenkins. As is the custom of this show, we meander a bit from the book in specific to speak to the greatness that is Ms. Bev, the progressive integrity that is housed within her work, the reverence for which she treats the material within historical contexts, and just have a good ol' time chatting it up.

083. Earth is Ghetto: Joyless Hags Book Club

1 Bonkers Book; 3 Joyless Hags. If you could escape earth, would you happily hitch your wagon to a lizard-man's space ship? When we scratch the surface of alien abduction romance, what do we find, and does insta-love exist? All of these questions are answered in the first ever Joyless Hags Book Club. I'm joined by Tasha L. Harrison and Katrina Jackson to discuss Alien Mate Experiment by Zenobia Renquist.

Ep #226 - “FRIEND-BUILDING”

This week Melinda hosts the podcast with guest host Melanie & special guest author Katrina Jackson as they continue our March theme: Platonic Friendship, and discuss how friendships are vital to world-building.

Episode 02-14: Black Poly Romance Is Dead?

Jhen takes over the entire month of November and encourages the discourse on BOOKS in celebration of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). We’re definitely talking to romance authors and other bookish people about non-monogamous representation and kick it off with Katrina Jackson!

You might remember Katrina from Episode 01-09 and Jhen continues that conversation but asks a different question: Why are there not a lot of Black non-monogamous romance novels?

episode 15: ‘barbarian’s tease’ with katrina jackson

This episode, I’m joined by author Katrina Jackson to discuss Barbarian’s Tease, the 15th book in the Ice Planet Barbarians series. And, whew! Brook and Taushen really tested us in this one.

Feminist Erotica 1.7 - Interview: Katrina Jackson on Writing for Yourself, Self-Publishing and Polyamorous Triads

Katrina Jackson writes the types of stories that she would want to read, you know, with fat black girls and masturbation scenes. In this episode, Karen and Princess talked with her about her writing journey from fanfiction to self-published author with a bookshelf of titles. We also commiserated on pushing from diversity as a black queer woman and by the end, we became best friends.

Episode 49: Historian And Romance Author Katrina Jackson

What do you do when you can’t find anything you want to read? You write it yourself. After plumbing the depths of Amazon for erotic romance featuring queer POC and coming up empty, Katrina Jackson took matters into her own hands and started writing her own. Seventeen books later, we chatted with her about why word-of-mouth is still the best marketing tool—even for self-published authors!—why publishing her work on platforms besides Amazon allows her to reach a much wider international market, and why cats (!) have been crucial to her books.

SMUT BOOK CLUB 1: KATRINA JACKSON

SUPRISE!

So normally we come out with an episode every two weeks, but we decided to start sharing a new project with y'all. Do you like steamy romance novels? Do you enjoy the occasional bodice ripper, or the modern day fling with a spy? If you do then....

WELCOME TO THE SMUT BOOK CLUB!

On our inaugural episode, Nerdgasm Noire co-host Melissa talks with author Katrina Jackson about her new books Beautiful and Dirty and The Hitman, as well as the rest of this author’s amazing literary repertoire.

052. The Modern Romance Canon

Who among us hasn't started a project and then realized that you've inadvertently wandered into a longstanding and contentious debate? I enlist the help of two experts to unravel why I started the Shelf Love Modern Romance Canon project. First, Katrina Jackson helps me unravel some of the ways my professional and educational background made me think this was a logical thing to do. Then, Eric Selinger gives some backstory into the academic and institutional reasons canons exist, and why those who study, read, and write the popular romance genre have been circling this question for decades and will continue into the future. It's a story of nostalgia, red tape, gatekeeping, search engine optimization, and my unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

049. Blind Date With A Book Boyfriend by Lucy Eden with Katrina Jackson

Katrina Jackson never actually left: we talk about Scandal, why impermanence and entropy are the root cause for readers' desire for a happily ever after - or at least according to my theory, and how Katrina's research on Black romance as liberation is coming along. We also discuss Blind Date with a Book Boyfriend by Lucy Eden, a true romcom novella that turns the one-day courtship trope on its head.

045. History in Romance with Katrina Jackson, Rebekah Weatherspoon, Felicia Grossman

History in Romance with Rebekah Weatherspoon, Katrina Jackson, and Felicia Grossman. Stay safe, stay mad, and keep reading romance.

039. Religion in Romance with Rebekah Weatherspoon, Felicia Grossman, Katrina Jackson

Religion in romance with romance novel experts Rebekah Weatherspoon, Katrina Jackson, and Felicia Grossman, in which we discuss all the things you shouldn't talk about in polite society.

032. Angsty romance with Karelia Stetz-Waters, Katrina Jackson, Katee Robert

Decameron Quarantine Romance Book Club: part 2 of a 10-episode mini-series of short, casual conversations with romance experts, who are here to spread the joy of romance novels so that we can all stay home and NOT spread the Coronavirus. Tonight’s theme is ANGST.

029. Kink in Romance with Katrina Jackson, Katee Robert, Karelia Stetz-Waters

Tonight’s theme is KINK, and my guests are Katrina Jackson, Katee Robert, and Karelia Stetz-Waters. Decameron Quarantine Romance Book Club: part 1 of a 10-episode mini-series of short, casual conversations with romance experts, who are here to spread the joy of romance novels so that we can all stay home and NOT spread the Coronavirus. Stay safe, stay calm, and keep reading romance.

023. Katrina Jackson: Communication, Polyamory + Financial Conversations

Katrina Jackson, erotic romance author by night, historian by day, joins the podcast once again to talk about polyamory in romance novels, how these relationships challenge genre conventions, and how communication is key in ALL relationships. We also discuss how happily for now is more like real life, and about why combining or discussing finances as a couple can be full of conflict - and how we’d like to see more romances that explore these issues.

Episode 01-09: Penny Dreadfuls with Throuples (ft. Katrina Jackson)

For this week’s episode, Jhen recorded alone because Sham was unavailable but she was able to do a lovely interview with author extraordinaire Katrina Jackson to talk about Non-Monogamy and Romance. They also discussed a bit of Katrina’s upcoming work and had a bit of a laugh about wanting to be a scamming sex worker.

017. An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole with Katrina Jackson

Katrina Jackson, erotic romance author by night, historian by day, joins the podcast. We read An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole, about reluctant spy partners working to bring down the Confederacy in the Civil War. Katrina shares her thoughts from her own research into love as an integral part of radical Black politics, the definition of “diaspora” and “interwar,” as well as all sorts of things you probably didn’t learn in history class. CW: We talk about the treatment of enslaved people in the Civil War, including a character’s PTSD as a result of being enslaved. This character has suicidal ideation.

#fallsonlove episode 039: a chat with katrina jackson

This week I’m chopping it up with author Katrina Jackson. We chopped it up about all sorts of things including stunted dating options, the necessity of soft and floofy romance novels, uncovered pies, food touching, HBO’s Real Sex, “there’s so many penises!” and the differences between erotica and erotic romance.

BGS 12 - Interview with Katrina Jackson

In episode 12 of Black Girl Squee, Inda Lauryn and Didi Jenning respond to a ton of feedback (Thanks, y'all!), highlight one co-host's moonlighting on other podcasts, and celebrate a lot of Black Girl Magic during The Wiz Live! They also look forward to KING's first full-length album and welcome author, Katrina Jackson, who recently published her first novella, Encore.