Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is an essay/letter to the author’s son. In it, Coates speaks about growing up in Baltimore, about going to Howard University, about love and fear and police brutality, all in an effort to show his son what life is like as a black man in America. This …
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Book Review | Born a Crime
In Born a Crime, Trevor Noah, comedian and host of The Daily Show, writes stories of his childhood in South Africa. He speaks of his family, friends, early relationships, adolescence, and the tense situation of the country at the time. When he was born, racist laws made it illegal for black people and white people …
Book Review | Clap When You Land (ARC)
I almost squealed at work the other day, because we received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo, which I immediately took home and started reading. Since this is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Acevedo goes …
Book Review | The Deep
The Deep by Rivers Solomon tells of the Wajinru, who dwell deep in the ocean. They are descended from the women thrown overboard off slave ships, and they have evolved into beings that resemble fish. Now, one of them carries all the memories of their people—the Historian. Yetu has been Historian since she was a …
Book Review | SLAY
Fans of The Hate U Give, I have one for you! SLAY by Brittney Morris features Kiera Johnson, a senior in high school, who leads a double life. No one—her parents, sister, best friend, even her boyfriend—knows that for the past three years, she’s been the developer of an online VR video game. SLAY is …
