I admit to spending my summers reading through unread classics at a leisurely pace. But this summer, as someone who spends way too much time surfing the Internet during the day for work and in the evening for research, I am going to give in to a good, summery book about surfing. Sea Sirens:A Trot… Read More book list: BIPOC Surfers
title: Almondauthor: Won Pyung Sohntranslator: Sandy Joosun Leedate: HarperVia/HarperCollins; 2020 This is one of the very few translated books that I’ve reviewed, perhaps because there just aren’t that many MG & YA books in translation. In her notes at the back of the book, translator Sandy Joosun Lee tells us about how rare it is… Read More review: Almond
6 July Escape from …Hurrican Katrina by Juldy Allen Dodson and Nigel Chilvers. Little Bee Books6 July Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse by Chantel Acevedo. Balzer + Bray6 July Josephine Against the Sea by Shakirah Bourne. Scholastic6 July PARANORTHERN: And the Chaos Bunny A-hop-calypse by Stephanie Cooke, illustrated by Mari Costa. Etch/HMH6July Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim. Knopf6 July Summer… Read More July Release
With Juneteenth season coming to an end, it’s a great time to share the short list of books that center personal and communal liberation. How I Search for My Ancestors by Woodrow Nash with Shelly Fraser Mickle (Pelican, 2021) Find Your Voice: A Guided Journal for Writing Your Truth by Angie Thomas (Balzer+Bray, 2020) Now… Read More Book List: Black Liberation
title: A Sitting in St. Jamesauthor: Rita Williams-Garciadate: Quill Tree Books; 2021main character: ThisbeBlack American historical fiction Madame Sylvie Guilbert was cornered into a marriage that resulted in her giving up her land in France for her life in Louisiana. Her decades as mistress of Le Petit Cottage are to be finalized when she sits… Read More review: A Sitting In St. James
