BEM Culinary Bookstore Founders Gabrielle & Danielle Davenport: The Future Is Black Literature

02/11/2023 39 min
BEM Culinary Bookstore Founders Gabrielle & Danielle Davenport: The Future Is Black Literature

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Sisters Gabrielle and Danielle Davenport are co-founders and owners of BEM Books and More, an online store and pop-up dedicated to food literature of the African diaspora. Danielle, who is an actor and writer, and Gabrielle, who is a curator and creative producer, chat with host Abena Anim-Somuah about the birth of their business, their thoughts on the publishing industry, and why they’d love to have a brick-and-mortar location one day. Don’t miss Gabrielle and Danielle’s Future Flash Five predictions and their voicemail to their future selves.Thank you to Kerrygold for supporting our show. Learn more about Kerrygold’s butter & cheese here.Hosted by Abena Anim-SomuahProduced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine BakerEdited by Jenna SadhuEditorial Assistant Londyn CrenshawRecorded at CityVox Studios in NYCThe Future Of Food Is You is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. Check cherrybombe.com for show transcripts. Who do you think is the Future of Food? Nominate them here!More on BEM: Instagram, newsletter, websiteFollow Abena on InstagramGet your Cherry Bombe Magazine subscription here

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