Peace Adzo Medie’s His Only Wife is Just What The Doctor Ordered [Spoiler Free Review]
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie Sistah Girls, are you looking for a novel that is funny, well-fleshed out and with more than a sprinkle of African culture, then, I've got you. Now, I'll keep it real with you, I have a taste for stories with lots of drama, and by...
7 Black Romance Series That Follows A Family
Sistah Girls, do y’all want to know one of my favorite things about this time of year? If you’re guessing Halloween candy, fall weather, or time off work, then I have to tell you to guess again. Actually, let me change that last one. I do have a level of favoritism...
Book Review: The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and microaggressions, she’s thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working...
From Voice Narrator to Author: Interview With Zakiya Walden [Audio]
As a former journalist, Zakiya Walden is no stranger to the pen. And as a beta reader, editor, and voice narrator she's no stranger to the Black literary world either. And now with her debut novel, Blue Obstacles she turning yet another page in her story. The New...
6 Behind the Pen Authors Share Their Fall Must-Have Items When Writing
Items You Have To Purchase This Fall Sistah Girls, Fall is all about change, it’s low-key the pre-game to New Year’s if you ask me. It’s the only season that has us shopping for new looks from head to toe. It’s the season when you finally try that new hair color, pull...
Four Black Romance Novels Paired With Black Romance Films
Black Romance Novels and Black Romance Films Sistah Girls, let’s talk! Have you ever had one of those moments where you’re reading a bomb book and the next thing you know you’re thinking, “Hey, this reminds me of so and so from that one movie?” As someone whose mind...
Five Black Authors Who Changed My Life
Black Authors Who Changed My Life Sistah Girls, from the first time I was able to read a full sentence by myself, I knew that literature and I were going to be lifelong friends. Of course in school, there was a required reading list pinpointing authors such as...
Intisar’s Black Fantasy Romance List
Happy October Sistah Girls! Fall, or autumn if you’re fancy, is my favorite season of the year. I like the medium-cold weather, wearing cozy clothes, and getting into atmospheric reads. Check out my October TBR (to be read) featuring fantasy romances. These picks...
Book Review: Filter House by Nisi Shawl
Filter House by Nisi Shawl October is Black Speculative Fiction Month. The speculative fiction genre covers anything that explores a setting that is not “the real world.” Spec fic is not only science fiction and fantasy, but horror and any writing that imagines a...
Short Story: Shadow Killer by Janyne A. Langlois [Readers Vote]
Instructions: Read the short story and once you’re done (scroll to the end of the story) VOTE on whether this story should be turned into a novel or novella. And if you don’t think the author should keep going, we have a choice for that too. "Shadow Killer" The...