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Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a searing and compassionate new novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation …
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Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a searing and compassionate new novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation …
Christian Cooper is a self-described “Blerd” (Black nerd), an avid comics fan and expert birder who devotes every spring to …
"A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. …
Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means woman.
It’s fair to say that Maddie’s …
Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means woman.
It’s fair to say that Maddie’s …
It was cool to hear about all of the zines he made and other cool projects and mixtapes, as well. A few years older than me, but some of that overlap of existing prior to the internet and email being a thing. Some lines that stood out:
“Assimilation was not a problem to be solved, but the problem itself.”
“Mostly I became obsessed with the possibility of a sentence that could wind its way backward. I picked up a pen and tried to write myself back into the past.”
…because sometimes I’m so stubborn it makes me stupid…
— Thunder Song by Sasha LaPointe (65%)
These essays are incredible. This quote from Chapter 15 is totally me as well, too often.
Thelonius "Monk" Ellison is an erudite, accomplished but seldom-read author who insists on writing obscure literary papers rather than the …
The author of the award-winning memoir Red Paint returns with a razor-sharp, clear-eyed collection of essays on what it means …
The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From hereon in she would be known as Sankofa―a name …
Deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism are rising dramatically in the United States, claiming hundreds of thousands …