EP80 - Sonhara Eastman's Black Girls Guide to Fertility

Published: Jan. 16, 2019, 8 a.m.

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There is a new webseries that has been all the buzz on Instagram, and its called Black Girls Guide to Fertility, created, written, and based on Sonhara\' Eastman\\u2019s own battle with infertility. Black Girls Guide to Fertility tackles infertility in a profoundly intimate way that\\u2019s both dramatic and comedic without ever feeling rigid. It focuses on Ava, a 37-year old romance novelist, who faded into obscurity after finding love\\u2013and now finds herself on the rise again after self-publishing a diary detailing her fertility woes. Each episode is a recreation of Ava\\u2019s diary entry, adding a unique and compelling touch to the everyday struggle of infertility. I had the pleasure of prescreening the first two episodes and when I tell you, you do not want to miss this webseries. In this episode we discuss Sonhara\\u2019s vision, her personal infertility battle, and what is next with Black Girls Guide to Fertility. The webseries premieres on Friday, January 18, 2019 and if you are listening to this in real time that is two days away. Be sure to subscribe to their youtube page, and join us in the private Sisters in Loss community at sistersinloss.com for our Watch party on Tuesday, January 22 at 8pm EST.

Sonhara Eastman\\u2019s Bio
Sonhara Eastman is a playwright and screenwriter from New York. She received her M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch, where she implemented the departments first-ever Black History Month Celebration through Art. Her plays are known for illuminating the black experience and include Pearl, The Club, and Black Girls Guide to Fertility. Sonhara\\u2019s plays have been workshopped at 7 Stages, The Classical Theatre of Harlem\\u2019s Playwrights Playground, Working Title Playwrights Ethel Woolson Lab at the Alliance Theatre (Black Box), The Goldberg Theatre at NYU, and the La MaMa Theatre. She was a finalist for the National Playwright\\u2019s Center Many Voices Fellowship and a semifinalist for the Made in New York Writer\\u2019s Room Program, and the We Screenplay Diverse Voices Competition. She has worked for numerous production companies such as E! Entertainment, MTV, ESPN, Lifetime, Lionsgate, and the Comcast Network. Sonhara is a member of the Writer\\u2019s Guild East and Dramatist Guild.

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