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This February, we’re highlighting authors and artists to honor Black history, and celebrate the creativity and lived experiences shaping our communities today.
Author Interviews
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Andy Melien/Yale Peabody MuseumTaíno culture has roots in Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica and other ancestral homes throughout the Caribbean. -
Provided by Tory Henwood HoenHoen is the author and narrator of "Before I Forget," a novel following "Cricket," a 25-year-old woman navigating her quarter-life-crisis and caring for her father who's dying of Alzheimer's.
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Where We Live gathered listeners for coffee and bookish conversation and this is the epic list of Fall reads they shared with us.
Other Bookish News & Conversations
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Krystal Marquis talks about her bestselling book series 'The Davenports.' The Davenports are based on a real family, and the book offers a portrait of Black wealth that is often left out of history. -
Kamilah Cole’s “An Arcane Inheritance” is told through the lens of a female lead, who is Black, queer and an immigrant, on the campus of a fictional Ivy League school in Hartford. -
Although many efforts have been made to expand books and curriculum used to teach Black history, African American children’s literature can still be limited. -
“An Arcane Inheritance," weaves dark academia with occult secrets at a fictional Ivy League school based in Hartford.
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NPR | Books We Love
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Librarian Jarrett Dapier's graphic novel tells a fictionalized account of real-life events in 2013 that restricted access to Marjane Satrapi's memoir Persepolis in Chicago Public Schools. -
The book comes out in paperback on March 31.
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As a culture critic, Lemieux has spent years pushing back against the stereotypes and stigma that follow single mothers. Her new book blends her own memoir with the stories of 21 other Black women.
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In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.
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