Chaos Theory by Nic Stone Soooo, I’m just a tad bit ashamed to admit that until a few weeks ago, I’d never read a thing by Nic Stone. I’m fully aware that her debut novel, Dear Martin, is “powerful, wrenching, vivid”–all the...
The Beginning My mom said that I loved to write as soon as I knew how to scribble on the page. 1994 was when everything changed–I got my first journal. They were given out by my first-grade teacher Ms. Strinban. She had long blonde hair and freckles all over her body....
Tiffany D. Jackson is a New York Times Bestselling author, and NAACP Image Award nominee. She has received wide acclaim for reimagining classic stories or true crime cases and delivering them with jaw-dropping plot twists, that unveil the harsh realities of the Black...
The Black Queen by Jumata Emill Nova Albright, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is dead. Murdered the night of her coronation, her body found the next morning in the old slave cemetery she spent her weekends rehabilitating. Tinsley McArthur was...
Book Review: When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk Sistah Girls, I think we know that Joan Morgan is correct when she says that “sisterhood ain’t sainthood”; it can be hard. But you wouldn’t know it from watching all the movies about...
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...
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.