Black Girl Magic in Watercolors by Ravynn Stringfield
“Casta Davis could fly, and no one believed her.” It hooked my attention immediately. The…
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“Casta Davis could fly, and no one believed her.” It hooked my attention immediately. The…
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What is Black Speculative Fiction, anyway? For me, speculative fiction has two definitions. One overarching…
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I finally have the words to describe one of my most anticipated and favorite reads…
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I don’t want to see white folks with a stack of books by Black authors…
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Neon Hemlock has another hit on its hands with The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis.…
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Eve and the Faders has a complex, amazingly depicted main character in Eve Cooper. Eve…
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I wouldn’t call myself an arc reader because I rarely get to them in time,…
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I saw it in a TikTok video. C.M. Lockhart was talking about her upcoming release…
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The 2024 Scholastic Graphix, semi-autobiographical Timid is a coming-of-age story that follows Cecil Hall, a…
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Lawrence Lindell is brilliant. Every Lindell book I’ve read manages to pull at the depths…
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It is with great sadness that I admit my favorite comic of the year may…
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Months later, the movie Sinners still sits with me, so I felt obligated to write…
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“If given the choice, what legendary monster would you choose to become? A vampire,…
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Because who are we if not the art we consume? Literature is art. Art is…
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My parents weren’t particularly religious until it was time to place judgment on others. But…
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I fear we don’t process the past, even the recent one, enough to properly understand…
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