Book Review
In the Face of Catastrophe
Distinctive, intimate, and sensitive to their varying experiences, "In the Face of Catastrophe" is a family memoir about navigating a health crisis together. Jennifer Rose Goldman and Caryn Meg Hirshleifer’s multiperspective memoir "In...
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Spaceman Sam
A boy undertakes a surprising intergalactic adventure with his father in the unforgettable picture book "Spaceman Sam". Enter outer space—no rocket needed—via "Spaceman Sam", D’artagnan’s cosmic, encouraging picture book that...
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Hood Wellness
Tamela J. Gordon’s memoir-cum-self-help book radically reimagines community care. Living in New York City, working as a server, and self-medicating with alcohol and drugs, Gordon was “Tired of everything.” “My Body wore...
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I Talk About It All the Time
Camara Lundestad Joof’s piercing memoir I Talk about It All the Time concerns the particularities of systemic racism in Scandinavia. Joof, who is a queer Black Norwegian Gambian woman, writes in Nynorsk—“the much less used of two...
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The Secret Library
National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon’s "The Secret Library" is a spellbinding tale of self-determination and family history. Eleven-year-old Dally seeks a new escapade after the death of her grandfather, who inspired her...
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Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves
J. Drew Lanham’s "Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves" is a stunning amalgamation of literary prose and poetry. Biology connects Lanham’s two worlds of wildlife and Black being. His entries are close studies of the rhythms and...
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My Vietnam, Your Vietnam
With chapters alternating between their two experiences with Vietnam, father-daughter duo Christina Vo and Nghia M. Vo’s soul-stirring memoir "My Vietnam, Your Vietnam" covers transgenerational understandings of cultural roots. In...
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Tyr the Viking
The supportive picture book "Tyr the Viking" subverts stereotypes in its tale of an admired Viking boy grappling with his feelings following a swordplay loss. Bjorn Fyrre’s third book in the Little Viking series, "Tyr the Viking", is a...