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...
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. “Ms. Jessie’s...
The day that I fell in love with Black literature was the same day that I read a collection of poems by my (then) favorite rapper Tupac Shakur. The collection was called The Rose That Grew From Concrete. The specific poem that stole this Midwest Gypsy’s heart;...
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Themes: Colorism, Racism, Gender Identity, & Sisterhood First off, I do judge books by their covers. Every now and then I’m looking for a specific title but more often than not I’m browsing a bookstore waiting for something to...
Sistah Girls, have you all seen the TikTok where the lady is dancing down the walkway to board the plane and the caption is like, “PTO stands for prepare the others, cause I’m still going?” If you have, then more than likely you laughed yourself silly for one or two...
Sistah Girls is it easy for you to predict your favorite books? Sometimes a new favorite book takes me by surprise. I’ll pick it up expecting to enjoy myself and have fun reading, only to end up obsessed and abandoning the rest of my reading list to read it all over...
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.