Black fantasy is an interesting subgenre for a variety of reasons. Fantasy is a genre where the rules and customs of our society don’t have to be present in the […]
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10 Great Reads for Women’s History Month
Posted onThis Women’s History Month, we wanted to celebrate by compiling a list great women writers– from Harriet Jacobs to Alison Bechdel, women’s voices have proven to be continually perceptive in response to their environment.
Continue ReadingBook Review: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Posted onThis book is first on the syllabus for a class I’m taking this semester entitled Black Women Writers at Work, and when I first sat down to read it, there […]
Continue ReadingGraphic Memoir Engages YA Readers in Personal Side of Opioid Epidemic
Posted onAuthors on a mission to tackle topics that ail humankind—addiction, depression, poverty, loss, trauma, the search for one’s purpose—isn’t a revelation in the literary world. Writers are some of the […]
Continue ReadingA Beautiful Anarchy; WB Book Rec by Nancy Miller Barton
Posted onA Beautiful Anarchy: When the Life Creative Becomes the Life Created by David duChemin Book Rec by Nancy Miller Barton With apologies to authors and booksellers everywhere – I have a […]
Continue ReadingThe Seventh Wish; WB Book Rec by Erin Lee Golden
Posted onTHE SEVENTH WISH by Kate Messner Book Rec by Erin Lee Golden Where do you get the best book recommendations? From other writers! So welcome to a new blog series at […]
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