• Mami Melusine's New Year Goals and 75 Hard Challenges
    Jan 31 2025

    Happy New Year! Join me as I discuss my academic and creative goals for this upcoming year; from book drafts to content creation plans—discover what's on my 2025 agenda and share your own goals!


    My Mermaid Research

    https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar


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    19 mins
  • 2024 Horror and Fantasy Wrap Up
    Jan 6 2025

    Books Mentioned


    The Black Girl Survives This One edited by  Desiree S. Evans

    The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

    The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemison

    Wicked by Gregory Maguire


    My Mermaid Research

    https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar


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    32 mins
  • Mami Melusine Watches: Wicked
    Dec 20 2024

    My Mermaid Research

    ⁠https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar⁠


    Gregory Maguire, Wicked


    Stephen Schwartz & Winnie Holzman, Wicked


    John Chu, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, Wicked


    Previous Episodes Mentioned:

    ⁠Replay: Dragons, Mermaids, and Diverse Casting⁠


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    51 mins
  • Mermaid Horror Films 2024
    Nov 27 2024

    Mermaid Horror Films

    Dagon by Stuart Gordon

    She Creature by Sebastian Gutierrez


    My Mermaid Research

    ⁠https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar⁠


    Previous Episodes Referenced

    Blackoween and Mertober TBR: Mami Melusine Reads

    Black Mermaid Horror Films: The Lake and Erzulie

    Mami Melusine Watches-Mermaid Horror Films

    Nikyatu Jusu's Nanny-Mami Wata Onscreen


    Other References

    H.P. Lovecraft, Dagon and Shadow of Insmouth

    Some accessible info on Nazism and Eugenics: "How American Racism Influenced hitler"

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    27 mins
  • Blackoween Reading Wrapup: Gothic and Horror Novels
    Oct 29 2024

    My Mermaid Research

    https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar


    Episodes Referenced:

    https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mami-melusine/episodes/Blackoween-and-Mertober-TBR-Mama-Melusine-Reads-this-Month-e2phuel/a-abitltn

    Blackoween:

    Loc’D Booktician Booktube Channel

    Blackoween Announcement 2024

    In this video you will find a full explanation of Blackoween, the reader levels and locations and prompts, and links to the Toulah’s Parrish map, discord, etc.


    Books Reviewed:

    Jessica Cage, Siren’s Test

    (Rec for Blackoween prompts: SheShe’s Kitchen: Spicy paranormal by Black woman)


    Monica Brashears, House of Cotton

    (Rec for Blackoween prompts: Bayou Haunted House: House or estate in the title and Haunted house set in the South; St. Tremaine’s Graveyard: Of the Night Vibes & book with ancestral knowledge)


    Sarah Daas, It Waits in the Forest

    (Rec for Blackoween prompts: St. Tremaine’s Graveyard: book where a deal is made, murder mystery with multiple point of views, and book with ancestral knowledge)


    Donyae Coles, Midnight Rooms

    (Rec for SheShe’s Kitchen: spooky historical romance, Joe’s Library: historical reference, St. Tremaine’s Graveyard: book where a deal is made, Bayou Haunted House: free space)


    Tananarive Due, The Reformatory

    (Rec for Bayou Haunted House: House or estate in the title, Haunted house set in the South, Ghosts Reside over the House; St. Tremaine’s Graveyard: Book where a deal is made, Murder with multiple POVs, and Book with ancestral knowledge; Joe’s Library: Book with historical reference and crime fiction)


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    46 mins
  • Blackoween and Mertober TBR: Mama Melusine Reads this Month
    Oct 11 2024

    My Mermaid Research

    https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar


    Blackoween:

    Loc’D Booktician Booktube Channel

    Blackoween Announcement 2024

    In this video you will find a full explanation of Blackoween, the reader levels and locations and prompts, and links to the Toulah’s Parrish map, discord, etc.


    Books Mentioned:

    Monica Bradhears, House of Cotton

    Tananarive Due, The Reformatory

    Sarah Daas, It Waits in the Forest

    Liselle Sandsbury, Delicious Monsters

    Brandon Massey, Black thriller writer

    Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

    Stephen Graham Jones, The Last Final Girl

    Donyae Coles, Midnight Rooms

    Kinitra Brooks, Linda D. Addison, and Walidah Imarisha (eds), Sycorax’s Daughters

    Desiree Evans and Saracica J. Fennell (eds), The Black Girl Survives in This One

    Jordan Peele (editor), Out There Screaming

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    22 mins
  • Black Mermaid Wrap-Up Part III Drown Me with Dreams
    Oct 4 2024

    My Mermaid Research

    https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar


    Books Reviewed:

    Gabi Burton Drown me with Dreams


    Written Reviews:

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62039217-sing-me-to-sleep?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rPGqFR8AvK&rank=1


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    37 mins
  • Black Mermaid Novels Wrapup Part 2: Mami Melusine Reviews Gabi Burton’s Sing me to Sleep
    Sep 13 2024

    My Mermaid Research

    https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar


    Books Reviewed:

    Gabi Burton Sing me to Sleep


    Written Reviews:

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62039217-sing-me-to-sleep?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rPGqFR8AvK&rank=1


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    31 mins