On September 27, 2019, editors Sean Frederick Forbes and Tara Betts of The Beiging of America were interviewed by Nicole Zelniker for The Nasiona podcast, a nonfiction storytelling organization that celebrates multiculturalism. The Beiging of America, also co-edited by Cathy Schlund-Vials and published by 2Leaf Press in 2017, is part of the 2LP Explorations in Diversity series edited by Forbes. Both Forbes and Betts discuss how they went about editing this volume of essays, and the importance of acknowledging a mixed-raced perspective in this country. Check out the podcast here.
The Nasiona is a nonfiction storytelling organization that is guided by a social justice compass that amplifies the marginalized, undervalued, overlooked, silenced, and forgotten. Founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, The Nasiona cultivates the seeds of nonfiction through a podcast, publishing house, creative nonfiction magazine, literary contests, as well as offering editing services and an internship program. They are a diversity-friendly organization that values multicultural and multiexperience perspectives on what it means to be human. https://thenasiona.com
