Our March 2023 Book Club Pick! The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deeshaw Philyaw is a short story collection spanning the experiences of Black women from different ages, time periods, and generations. We get an intimate look at the women’s relationship to God, their church communities, and how religion was used as a weaponContinue reading “The Secret Life of Church Ladies”
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Anticipated books for March 2023
Happy Women’s History Month! Here are some dope new releases by women (and nonbinary people) to add to your TBR! Study Break:11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation edited by Aashna Avachat Release Date: March 7 LGBTQ, YA My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron Release Date: March 7 LGBTQ, YAContinue reading “Anticipated books for March 2023”
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Our February 2023 Book Club Pick! You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi is one of the best romances I have ever read. Emezi subverts the genre by placing unconventional literary mechanisms and heavily relies on their tried and true literary fiction style. I love romances now, but in theContinue reading “You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi”
Anticipated books for February 2023
It’s Love Month! It’s Black History Month! It’s a good month to add books to your TBR! Here are some books I’m excited to see for February! Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H Release Date: Feb. 7 LGBTQ+ memoir Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety byContinue reading “Anticipated books for February 2023”
Anticipated books for January 2023
Happy New Year! I have seen so many challenges on Instagram, from #20BooksWrittenByBlackFolx to #ReadWhatYouOwn. I’m ready to read more books this year, and I have so many to add to my TBR. Do y’all ever get sad that there are so many good books in the world, and we won’t ever have enough timeContinue reading “Anticipated books for January 2023”
Books for Pride 2022 🌈
It’s Pride y’all! And please don’t think this a BS corporate attempt at solidarity for the month of June to appear “woke”. We’re rainbow here 365 (and 366 during leap years)! Anyway, here are some of my favorite books written about LGBTQ+ people. You can find my full rainbow list in our Bookshop store https://bookshop.org/widgets.jsContinue reading “Books for Pride 2022 🌈”
Liberation is Lit 