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Halsey Street
Halsey Street by Naima Coster Compulsively readable, full of emotional tension and lush, detailed description, Halsey Street is also...
aolundsmith
Dec 5, 20182 min read
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If Beale Street Could Talk
“Well. We are certainly in it now, and it may get worse. It will certainly—and now something almost as hard to catch as a whisper in a...
aolundsmith
Dec 2, 20184 min read
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Gorilla, My Love
“One day,” say Sugar, lickin the tomato sauce off her arm, “what I want’s goin to be on the menu. Served up to my taste and all on one...
aolundsmith
Nov 22, 20182 min read
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America is Not the Heart
America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo "What Hero loved most wasn't the cadre names people chose, but the word kasama itself:...
aolundsmith
Nov 2, 20183 min read
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Guest Post: Artists Against Police Brutality
Guest Post by Lydia Smith APB: Artists Against Police Brutality: A Comic Book Anthology (2015, Rosarium Publishing),edited by Bill...
aolundsmith
Oct 17, 20182 min read
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Shell Shaker
"Thoughts, Voices, and Grandparents plant corn on top of the sacred mound and hundreds of years come into view in the dance of Green Corn...
aolundsmith
Aug 3, 20183 min read
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Locking Up Our Own
"When we ask ourselves how America became the world's greatest jailer, it is natural to focus on bright, shiny objects: national...
aolundsmith
Jul 13, 20183 min read
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An American Marriage
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Almost all of us are claimed as subjects of a nation as soon as we are born. Whether or not we’d...
aolundsmith
Jun 20, 20183 min read
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Drown
A catalogue of cruelties large and small, beautiful and painful studs this book. The cruelties children inflict upon one another are...
aolundsmith
May 19, 20183 min read
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Let's Make Comics!: An Activity Book to Write, Draw, and Create Your Own Comics
You can read my review of Jess Smart-Smiley's book Let's Make Comics here at the comics and graphic novel review site No Flying No Tights!
aolundsmith
May 1, 20181 min read
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We Were Eight Years in Power
Essential points: These powerfully-written essays from the years of the Obama presidency cover everything from Bill Cosby, Michelle...
aolundsmith
Apr 1, 20184 min read
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The God of Small Things
Essential points: Both an eloquent exploration of life under colonialism and patriarchy as well as simply how “things can change in a...
aolundsmith
Feb 15, 20183 min read
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So Far From God
Essential points: This book is great for folks wanting an engrossing family story and/or who like magical realism—think One Hundred Years...
aolundsmith
Jan 25, 20183 min read
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