A lot has been happening in the publishing world these last couple of weeks/months…particularly in the non-fiction realm. On Sunday, June 21st, Ibram X. Kendi…
Tag: Authors of Color
January Round Up
As I try to tackle the feat of 100 books in 2020, I thought it might be interesting to try and do a monthly “round…
Illuminating Color
In 2017 I read Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. It was a breakout, much anticipated first novel by young black woman responding to America’s…
#mood
There is no shame in anyone’s reading game. I wholeheartedly believe that. The other day I was at a coffee shop with a dear gym…
Confronting My Misogyny
*language warning* As the national discussion rages around the #metoo movement, which is short hand for “the validity, believability and value of women’s stories,” I…
Seasons of Silence
It’s not easy being Christian…or I imagine a person of faith in any religion. As Christians we are called into a deep and powerful relationship…
Black Lives Matter
A movement, a rallying cry, a plea and an inalienable truth for America to aspire to… to embody, right now because, black lives matter. When…
Fluff is Fair Game
So according to my brother-in-law, Haddi and I don’t read “normal” books and as much as I hate to agree with George on anything (love ya George…who…
Yes! Graphic Novels are Real Books
I read my first graphic novel Maus when I was student teaching in Marshalltown, Iowa during the 2003/04 school year. Maus is the story of Nazi Germany…
Hope and Belonging
Throughout life we gravitate toward belonging. Not just welcome, kindness or even love, but actual belonging. Those relationships where if we weren’t a part, something…