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A podcast hosted by Octavia Marie
Culture Lit.
Black love stories. Black women choosing joy. Honest conversations about wellness, reinvention, and creating a life that feels like your own.
Come for the books. Stay for the bigger conversation.
Romance is never just romance.
Culture Lit centers Black women in the stories we read and the lives we are creating. Each episode moves between romance novels, joy, healing, travel, wellness, and the brave work of choosing differently.
Think thoughtful book talk with a side of “what are we doing with this one precious life?” No guilty pleasures. No hustle sermon. Plenty of opinions.
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A few of my favorite episodes.
Five conversations that capture the heart, humor, and point of view of Culture Lit.
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The Soft Life and Black Women Choosing Ease, Love, and Luxury
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Love & Ms. Fat Booty: Why Plus-Size Black Heroines Deserve Love Stories Too
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Black Girl Joy, Not Guilty Pleasure: Romance as Rest, Resistance & Joy
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Unapologetically Black: Love, Legacy, and the Power of Storytelling in Jahquel J’s Universe
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YOUR HOSTMeet Octavia Marie
A lifelong reader with questions bigger than the last chapter.
I’m a PR strategist, romance reader, cancer survivor, wellness-curious traveler, and Black woman designing the next chapter of my life on purpose. Culture Lit is where all those parts of me get to sit at the same table.
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