Episode 4: Eternity Martis

On today’s show, we talk to Eternity Martis. Eternity is a Toronto-based Instructor in Journalism whose work has been featured in Vice, Chatelaine, Maclean’s, Complex, Refinery 29, and The Walrus. She holds a Bachelor’s from the University of Western Ontario and a Master’s of Journalism from Ryerson University, where she now teaches the first-ever course on Reporting on Race called Black Communities in the Media – a course that came about as a response to a Ryerson student petition earlier this year. At its core, Eternity’s writing challenges us to dismantle our preconceptions and stereotypes, especially around young, black womanhood. She has written about feminism, racism, sexual assault, domestic violence, and reproductive rights, earning many accolades, including a Canadian Online Publishing Award for her work. Her new book, They Said This Would be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up is a searing examination of racism and misogyny on Canadian university campuses, and is already destined to be a central part of the growing canon of 21st-century literature on anti-Black racism. Today, Eternity joins us on Further Reading to talk about writing craft, memoir, and the hard work of getting your first book into the world. Transcript coming soon. Find Eternity at the links below. Website: https://www.eternitymartis.com/ Twitter: @eternitymartis Transatlantic: https://www.transatlanticagency.com/clients/speakers/eternity_martis/ You can find Eternity’s book, They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/605288/they-said-this-would-be-fun-by-eternity-martis/9780771062186 If you're interested in writing nonfiction, the University of King's College MFA in Creative Nonfiction might be for you. Find out more at https://ukings.ca/area-of-study/master-of-fine-arts-in-creative-nonfiction/. Subscribe to Further Reading: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:952114480/sounds.rss Contact us: kingsfurtherreading@gmail.com If you'd like to hear more book-related conversations, check out Bookings, the podcast of our friends at the King's Coop Bookstore.