FAB 5 FREDDY may not be the household name he once was, but this autobiography should change that. Come for the inside stories of graffiti, rap, hip-hop, and MTV, but you’ll stay for the reminiscences of late-20th century Black New York. A MINUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/everybodys-fly-fab-5-freddy/1147568478?ean=9780593834909
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HEART-POUNDING HORROR TALE of a vampire from a powerful African lineage sparking revolution and revenge among enslaved people on a 1700s Carolina plantation. Lots of action, strong worldbuilding, characterization, cathartic as hell. B PLUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blood-slaves-markus-redmond/1146489349?ean=9781496753168
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INTENSELY CHARGED FRIENDSHIP begins in childhood, blossoms in beautiful and toxic ways throughout college and young adulthood. Powerful novel delineates the attraction and alienation of two outsiders, Black women in a majority-white art world. A MINUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lonely-crowds-stephanie-wambugu/1146511115?ean=9780316581332
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A BREATHTAKING NOVEL FROM HAITI tells tales of life in Port-au-Prince’s brutal slums through the eyes of Cécé, a young woman making a living as a sex worker, and trying to make a different life as a social media influencer. A MINUS
https://archipelagobooks.org/book/cece/
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Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois
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A SLEEK THRILLER OF MANNERS follows a young man’s spiral after his best friend’s mysterious death. From New York parties with privileged heirs and heiresses to his family’s roots in Atlanta’s Black elite, Smith chases leads and redemption. B PLUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/great-black-hope-rob-franklin/1146384402?ean=9781668077436
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Toni Morrison would have been 95 today.
Dr Dre is 61 today.
Audre Lorde would have been 92 today.
John Travolta is 72 today.
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AN ERITREAN REFUGEE IN LONDON finds solace in her own anger, in wandering the city, in reading her late mother’s diary, especially in literature and transgressive sexuality. Beautifully erudite, shocking in its frankness. B PLUS
https://coffeehousepress.org/products/the-seers?_pos=1&_psq=The+Seer&_ss=e&_v=1.0
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political strategies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_(bishop)
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Andrea Levy FRSL (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) was an [english] author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). She was born in
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THE LIFE OF A RIO FAVELA is captured in this gorgeously multivocal, erudite, coarse, sexy, horrifying, brutal, and touching novel. Not the easiest read, but a deeply rewarding time spent with a succession of unforgettable characters. A MINUS
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Julia S.
Audubon Ballroon (he/him)
