Casira Copes

Casira is a writer, traveler, and Black feminist explorer who enjoys both fiction and nonfiction of all stripes. Follow her on IG @cejayce for pop color photos from whatever part of the planet she's currently on. For questions regarding book reviews, email casiracopes@gmail.com

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Book Review: ‘Black Girls Must Die Exhausted’

Since its original self-published release in 2018, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted has been on…

‘The Latrell Show’: Interview with Brandon Kyle Goodman

“We keep it allll the way one-hundred. All. The. Time.” That’s one of the opening…

‘A Song of Wraiths and Ruins’: Interesting Lore, But Slow World Building

Roseanne A. Brown, known otherwise as “Rosie,” hails from Ghana and brings with her all…

Legendborn
‘Legendborn’: Masterful Mix of Fantasy, Womanhood, and Black Legacy

Often when I pick up a novel, especially a fantasy novel, I’m searching for a…

The Black Kids
Interview: The Black Kids Author, Christina Hammonds Reed

Let’s talk about the intersections of race and class. Timely, right? The Black Kids is…

Books on Blackness
When You Need to Be Understood: Books on Blackness and Womanhood to Read in Your Twenties

Racism, sexism, and the lovely marriage of the two known as misogynoir are all inescapable…

The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones
Review: ‘The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones’

As the world continues to vibrate with the truth of what it means to be…

Gabrielle Union
Interview: Gabrielle Union’s New Children’s Book, ‘Welcome to the Party’

In addition to being an award-winning actress of both the big and small screen, Gabrielle…

Stealing Thunder
‘Stealing Thunder’: Epic Fantasy with a Badass Trans Heroine

There is nothing I appreciate more these days than having an ever-expanding bookshelf full of…

Sistah Scifi
Sistah Scifi Brings Afrofuturism to Black Book Lovers Everywhere

Ever since the explosive arrival of Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone in 2018,…