In this episode of Audio QT, Karma Chávez talks with Dr. Xavier Livermon about his work exploring how Black queer youth use art, aesthetics, and creative practice to animate Black freedom politics.

Xavier Livermon is Associate Professor of Feminist Studies and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz.  He has recently published Kwaito Bodies: Remastering Space and Subjectivity in Postapartheid South Africa (Duke University Press, 2020).

This episode of Audio QT was recorded by Harper Carlton and was mixed and mastered by Oscar Kitmanyen.