The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest I have admittedly trash-talked the romance genre. Just the word romance made me think of cheap paperbacks in the supermarket or airport. The covers were always busty women with half-closed eyes and unrealistically muscled men,...
A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry McMillan The Prices are introduced by Viola, the family’s outspoken matriarch: Her husband, Cecil, has shut the door behind him for the last time; and their four adult kids, scattered across the country, seem determined to...
Michelle Buteau is one of those women I just know. I don’t know how I know her. I couldn’t tell you the first thing I saw her in. If someone asked me what movies or shows she’s done I’d have to snap my fingers and say “You know the one on Netflix with the girl and the...
Kindred by Octavia Butler There are certain movies, songs, and television shows that are so ingrained in our culture we just assume everyone is familiar. Do you know one person, young or old, who isn’t familiar with “Thriller?” The Titanic? Probably not....
Mama by Terry McMillan Mildred Peacock is the tough, funny, feisty heroine of Mama, a survivor who’ll do anything to keep her family together. In Mildred’s world, men come and go as quickly as her paychecks, but her five children are her dream, her hope,...
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.