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African-American authors

Dec

28

2020

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha Jones

Martha Jones is a giant in the field of African American history and this book is her best yet. Beautiful storytelling, which incorporates Jones’s own family history, makes this the perfect book for any armchair historian. Jones brings to light the stories of dozens of black women who are often ignored in history books, proving that …

Aug

24

2020

Tiny Imperfections
by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans

I loved this smart, funny peek inside the high stakes world of San Francisco private schools. It has everything: social satire, family drama, friendship, a lot of laughs, a touch of romance, and lots to think about after. If you’ve been looking for that Where’d You Go, Bernadette feeling, try this. Bonus: The co-authors live in …

Jul

20

2020

There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce by Morgan Parker

The poems within Parker’s second collection of poetry are astonishing and resounding, discussing the issues in today’s ongoing discussions of racism and sexism. Including many references to pop culture (including the queen Beyoncé herself), the poems are entirely accessible and enjoyable, while also deeply personal, gorgeous and hilarious. –Chase, Village Books, Bellingham, WA Get your …

Jun

19

2020

Face Out x 4: Books for All Ages from Ibram X. Kendi

…and speaking of building better tomorrows, we’re delighted to see Ibram X. Kendi has cleverly put out a baby board book. Timing is everything, and nothing happens overnight in book publishing, which makes the arrival of Antiracist Baby this week a marvel. Kendi, whose Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America and How to …

Jun

18

2020

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
by Mildred Pitts Walter

One of my childhood favorites. Justin doesn’t like to do “women’s work,” but a few days at his grandfather’s ranch teaches him more lessons than he can ask for! Great middle grade read! –Derrick, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene, ID Revisit old book friends and introduce them to new readers at The Well-Read Moose and …

Jun

17

2020

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

What a clever and realistic accounting of how we demonstrate what it looks like to stand up and be a true friend: through sickness and health, through buggers and bullies, swiping pocket change and wiping out on skateboards, first crushes and first kisses. This story is told through ten vignettes of individual kids who are …

Jun

15

2020

A Good Kind of Trouble
by Lisa Moore Ramée

Compelling narrative. Fantastic pre-teen middle reader that does an excellent job of exploring race and race-related issues via the clever mechanism of a young Black student who begins her middle school journey with some color-blind ideas and anti-Black biases that prevent her from forming meaningful relationships with other Black students. Great book to approach students …

Jun

10

2020

Ways to Make Sunshine by Reneé Watson

I ordered this book around what would have been Bookstore Day in late April and it languished in a stack of to-be-read books until I watched the KidLit4BlackLives Rally—the author was one of the speakers. I pulled it out this morning and was charmed by Ryan and her family; I’m so glad to see that …

Jun

8

2020

James Baldwin: Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work
by James Baldwin, edited by Toni Morrison

No better $35 can be spent for a book in this country than this collection of James Baldwin’s collected non-fiction— what were published as five books, from Notes of a Native Son through The Devil Finds Work, with a selection of essays not previously collected included. Timely in their day, this writing feels prophetically and astoundingly true …

Mar

12

2019

MITCHELL JACKSON (PHOTO credit: JOHN RICARD)

American Blood: An Interview with
Mitchell S. Jackson from The Paris Review

From The Paris Review 3/8/19: Mitchell S. Jackson’s debut novel The Residue Years was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, and it was the winner of both the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and a Whiting Writers’ Award winner. He …

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