The Great Mrs. Elias – Barbara Chase-Riboud This novel combined two of my favorite things…history and mystery!! Chase-Riboud intertwines a real-life murder investigation with the…
Tag: Authors of Color
Book Review: Human Acts
– Completes Me! There are books in the world that you read because you know it is a beautiful book even as it tells the…
What Do We Really Know?: Reflections on the Antiracist Book Festival
“I circled right…back to the questions that science does not ask, not because they aren’t important, but because science as a way of knowing is…
Book Review: Four Hundred Souls
Four Hundred Souls – Edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain This book is a ‘must-read’ history for all Americans! Not only does…
Book Review: Girl On Fire
– Worth It! I love graphic novels and I love superhero stories about young girls, so when Alicia Keys’ book, “Girl On Fire” came out…
Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer Ok, I am NOT anything even close to what could be called a ‘plant person!’ Honestly, I’m pretty bad…
Book Review: Unbossed
– It’s Okay You can barely go a day without hearing someone say, if only the news reported the good things that are happening in…
Reflections: #antiracistbookfest 2022
I know…that’s a big stack of books but nonetheless, I am grateful that Hannah found the #antiracistbookfest last spring! We both attended last April and…
Book Review: Abolition. Feminism. Now
Abolition. Feminism. Now – Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie I picked up this book because I attended the…
Book Review: Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory – Claudio Saunt I picked up this book because I am attending…