Too black or not too black. That is the question.
One girl's mission is to help her community escape the terror around them with stories that remind them of the past and inspire them to continue living despite the present. One day, she notices a book missing from her hidden collection. It has her name inside and could expose her to the aliens. Who took it? The answer leads to a road trip that could save the world.
From the projects to Paris: One woman's brutally honest story about surviving the vices of her neighborhood, only to be thrust into a world that neither wants nor accepts her is a sobering reminder of the disparities plaguing citizens of a nation still ignoring its history. Her undying drive to be recognized takes her in and out of ivy league schools, prisons, and psychiatric hospitals until she's finally drawn across the ocean to expatriation and rebirth.
Growing up in rural Mississippi, one woman watches helplessly as five men close to her die over the span of 5 years. Through the pain and confusion, she sees clearly what facilitated the demise of each family member and friend — a system built on the foundations of racism and economic turmoil. She decides to tell their stories. Her writing is evidence that these living, loving bodies existed.
Our first YA novel (!!!) tackles racial, economical, and social disparities between the connected members of one city. It follows Jade, a smart girl from a poor neighborhood, who attends high school with the children of Portland's upper-class families. She constantly struggles to find herself, her place, and her voice, in a world bent on ignoring her. She is on the brink of adulthood, trying to figure out who she is and who she can trust.
It’s one of our favorite episodes ever! Join us for this thrilling conclusion to the rich stories of Ida Mae Gladney, George Swanson Starling, and Dr. Robert Joseph Pershing Foster — the three Black-American migrants we’ve followed from the South in part one.
The Coronavirus has nothing on Antebellum and Jim Crow south.
Such a Fun Age is a story contrasting who we are as individuals against the role society has cast us to play. It follows Emira Tucker, a black 25-year-old who feels she's failing at adult life, and her white 30-something boss Alix who teeters around her own looming failures. As the two make efforts to dissolve their differences, a shocking realization shows the futility of doing the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Toni Morrison’s classic short Sula is about life coming of age in a town where a dream can only go as high as the bottom and where who you want to be is more important than who you are.
Before diving into this haunting story, we discuss our own friendships and try to find an answer to the question, “What makes a real friend?”
Before diving into one of the most talked-about books of 2019, we discuss sadistic siblings. Who's to blame when a kid goes bad? And have you heard of the Han twins? Allow us to serve up a little true-crime for your mind. A little Serial with your cereal.
In this week's book, a Nigerian woman whose sister has an inconvenient habit must decide where her loyalty truly lies. Will she continue to protect her sister, no matter the cost, or will she finally free herself?
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