by TakeahLatimore | Oct 6, 2022 | Black Authors, Black Literature, Black Romance, Black Writers, Latest Updates, listicle, Sistah Girls Book Club
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...
by TakeahLatimore | Oct 5, 2022 | Black Authors, Black Literature, Black Writers, listicle, Sistah Girls Book Club
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...
by Intisar Muhammad | Sep 30, 2022 | Black Writers, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Sistah Girl Book Reviews, Sistah Girls Book Club
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...
by Sharee | Aug 31, 2022 | Black Writers, Short Stories, Sistah Girls Book Club
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...
by TakeahLatimore | Aug 7, 2022 | Black Literature, Black Writers, Latest Updates, Opinion, Sistah Girls Book Club
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;...
by Lauren M. | Aug 3, 2022 | Black Authors, Black Literature, Black Writers, Book Reviews, Sistah Girl Book Reviews, Sistah Girls Book Club
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...