Book Reviews

‘Girl Dad’ by “The Dad Gang’s” Sean Williams

There has always been this ongoing narrative that missing fathers are at the center of…

Book Review: ‘Cherish Farrah: A Novel’ by Bethany C. Morrow

Bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow gives us a new adult social horror novel that I…

Book Review: ‘Recitatif: A Story’ by Toni Morrison

If you want to talk about “classic moments,” one of my favorites is a 1998…

Review: Robert Child’s ‘Immortal Valor’ Sheds Light on the Stories of Black Soldiers

“Shame on the nation that has no military heroes, but much more shame on the…

Book Review: Deeper Than Decluttering — Christine Platt’s ‘Afrominimalist’s Guide’

Not only is Christine Platt a social media influencer with 74.1K Instagram followers, but this…

Book Review: Will Smith’s Audiobook Memoir ‘Will’

The entire world knows Will Smith. No, I mean really, it’s like we know him.…

Book Review: ‘Passing’ by Nella Larsen

Imagine this: You’re living your adult life in the 1920s, at the onset of the…

Review: A Black Woman Immortal Finds Answers — Not Without Struggle — in Natashia Deón’s ‘The Perishing’

In the tradition of Octavia E. Butler and N.K. Jemisin, defense lawyer and educator Natashia…

Book Review: ‘Bad Motherf*cker’ by Gavin Edwards

From the pop culture soaked mind of author Gavid Edwards comes a new Samuel L…

Review: Reagan Jackson’s ‘Still Here: A South End Mixtape from an Unexpected Journalist’

Reagan Jackson begins her collection of essays and articles Still Here: A South End Mixtape…