Thank you to the publisher William Morrow for this gifted book. “And don’t you ever take abuse or dim your light because of a fool. You’re remarkable. The rest of us are trying to catch up.” “You have to love yourself for more than a moment, ’cause moments pass.”—Island Queen, Vanessa Riley What book(s) haveContinueContinue reading “Island Queen – Book Review”
Category Archives: Steeped in Black Lit from A to Z
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry —Review
“Cassie, there’ll be a whole lot of things you ain’t gonna wanna do but you’ll have to do in this life just so you can survive.”—Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, e-book on tablet with a list of books on The Zora Canon with a smallContinueContinue reading “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry —Review”
What it Means When A Man Falls from the Sky: Stories
“Some people find it easy to be good when the going is good but lack the fortitude for hardship.” – What It Means When A Man Falls From the Sky What it Means When A Man Falls from the Sky, Lesley Nneka Arimah This collection of 12 stories was quite enjoyable. I had to steepContinueContinue reading “What it Means When A Man Falls from the Sky: Stories”
Memorial Drive
Thank you to the publisher, Ecco Books, for the review book. “Perhaps this division is a metaphor [sleep paralysis] for the way I’ve lived all these years: the conscious mind struggling to move on, but the body resistant. The mind forgetting, the body retaining the memory of trauma in its cells.”Memorial Drive, Natasha Tretheway WhenContinueContinue reading “Memorial Drive”
A Black Women’s History of the United States
“Black women’s voices animate this book, as few can more effectively describe the complexities of their lives than Black women themselves.” —A Black Women’s History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross A Black Women’s History of the United States I recently finished this book, but like many of theContinueContinue reading “A Black Women’s History of the United States”
Books By the Cup 