Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney At the start of Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, Quinn (the protagonist) is afraid of so many things in her life. She keeps her emotions under a tight leash, writing lists of her dreams and fears in her journal rather than facing...
Sistah Girls it’s May, and I can hear the graduation march in the air. Ending high school and starting that transition into adulthood is a turbulent period and makes a great setting for a coming-of-age novel. It’s been a few years since my own high school graduation...
Women’s History Month Reads Sistah Girls, March is Women’s History Month so I’m sharing books by Black women across five different genres. Each one of these books portrays Black women in distinctly different lights, but they’re all strong and intelligent...
Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani Sistah Girls, this book is wild. If you’re looking for a dramatic read with a lot of depth then this is for you. Luster is a literary fiction novel that follows Edie, a broke 23-year-old with a monotonous job and a dangerous...
2022 Releases Happy New Year Sistah Girls! Here is a list of the romance, fantasy, and sci-fi releases from Black women on my list for 2022. I hope something on here makes it to your bookshelves. Digging Up Love by Chandra Blumberg Release Date: January 1, 2022 Alisha...
For women of color to continue the conversations that we have in the nail salon, beauty parlor, church, and during our lunch breaks at work. This is a place where you can kick off your shoes and get comfortable.