- 1. Zakiya Dalila Harris' Slow-Burn Thriller "The Other Black Girl" Is An Indictment Of The Publishing Industry's Overwhelming Whiteness: BUST Revi
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- Book publishing was put under a microscope last year when people started buying up anti-racist titles by the thousands in response to that summer’s Black Lives Matter protests. The result of this scrutiny? ...
- Created on 26 May 2021
- 2. Self-Help Icon Sonya Renee Taylor Is Back With A New Toolkit For "Radical Self-Love
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- ... resonated with Taylor herself. Following that revelation, “the body is not an apology” rooted itself as a personal ethos inside Taylor. She crafted the sentiment into a spoken-word performance, expanded ...
- Created on 23 April 2021
- 3. Traverse the Multigenerational Highs and Lows of Cuban-American Womanhood in Gabriela Garcia's "Of Women and Sal
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- The novel Of Women and Salt starts with Carmen’s plea to her daughter Jeanette to live—to choose life over suffering and addiction. From there, readers explore generations of Cuban and Cuban-American ...
- Created on 13 April 2021
- 4. Morgan Jerkins' Debut Novel, "Caul Baby," Is A Healing Work of Black Family Folklor
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- Morgan Jerkins’ Caul Baby is an expansive, folklorish tale of two families—both headed by Black matriarchs—that intertwine for over 20 years. The Melancons are born with a “caul”—a special extra layer ...
- Created on 06 April 2021
- 5. Ex-cult Member Lauren Hough Reflects On Rebuilding Her Life From Scratch In "Leaving Isn't The Hardest Thin
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- When Lauren Hough announced on Twitter that her new book of essays, Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing, contained 312 “F” words, I knew I wanted to read it. Hough had to build herself from scratch after ...
- Created on 06 April 2021
- 6. Travel Back To '70s Era Rock 'n' Roll Where One Woman Takes On A Bigoted Music Industry In Dawnie Walton's "The Final Revival Of Opal & N
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- Representation and its significance take center stage in Dawnie Walton’s debut. Inspired by the author’s own deep desire for an Afro-punk role model during her teenage years, The Final Revival of Opal ...
- Created on 30 March 2021
