Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney At the start of Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, Quinn (the protagonist) is afraid of so many things in her life. She keeps her emotions under a tight leash, writing lists of her dreams and fears in her journal rather than facing...
Sistah Girls it’s May, and I can hear the graduation march in the air. Ending high school and starting that transition into adulthood is a turbulent period and makes a great setting for a coming-of-age novel. It’s been a few years since my own high school graduation...
It’s been 25 years since we’ve first taken the trip with Kenneth and his family to visit his grandmother in Birmingham, Alabama. The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963 was first published in 1995, author Christopher Paul Curtis was working at the Flint Fisher...
Kim Johnson took the literary world by storm with the debut of her novel, This Is My America. It’s hard to believe that this story is a work of fiction because the storyline could easily play out today. In the story, 17-year-old Tracey Beaumont has written...
Four reasons to read Resistance now! Sistah Girls, if you’re like me quarantine has made it harder than ever to focus on reading. Work and home life have intertwined and it has left me feeling frazzled most days. However, I still want to read and what has been...
Keeping Willow (The Prototype Book 3) by Jacinta Howard Sistah Girls, I’m so excited to bring you a 5-star read. This book was a lot for me but in a good way. I tried to savor the book and didn’t want it to end. It made me think and examine so many...
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.
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