“ Washington Black” by Esi Edugyan c.2018, Knopf $26.95 / higher in Canada 352 pages
You need to get out of here. You don’t know where. You just have to go to another room, maybe, or another building, another town, across the world. You need to get out of here but, as in the new ...
“John Woman: A Novel”
Clothes, as they say, make the man. So do his language and demeanor – but what else? Did his parents or teachers make him who he is? Is it income, peer pressure, the movies he sees, jobs he holds, or ...
“How Not to Get Shot – And Other Advice From White People”
Stop. Put your hands in the air and don’t move. Keep ‘em where they can be seen. Get down, get down, get down, get on the ground! Those are words that nobody wants to hear but read “How Not to ...
“How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace”
In church, you sing a lot of songs. Some are just for Sunday School, and you clap when you sing them. Others make you dance right in your seat. And some songs you sing in church are very old and ...
“What Truth Sounds Like”
“We have to talk.” It’s never good when someone tells you that. Even if it’s said with a smile and a pat on the back, you can feel doom in those words. “We have to talk” never helps anyone except ...
“Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams”
Those are the rules. Every game has them, and rules are mostly helpful. They make it clear how to play and who can win – although sometimes, they don’t make any sense. Sometimes, they’re downright dumb and in “Game Changers” ...
“Note to Self,”
Pay attention. Eyes forward, ears open. You’ve heard those things before in your life, and now you say them to yourself, your kids, and your employees. But do they hear what you say now… or, as in the new book ...
“Black Klansman: A Memoir”
You want no part of that. In fact, the farther away you are from whatever-it-is, the happier you’ll be. Nope, some things are not your friend. Some things are not good for you at all. And as you’ll see in ...
Trinity Services publishes book ‘Beeing a Leader
New Lenox - Trinity Services, Inc. released a new book on “Beeing a Leader: Insights from the Trinity Beehive,” a fun, easy-to-read guidebook focusing on leadership traits that adhere to the fundamentals of positive psychology. A group of 91 authors, ...
“Dead on Arrival” by Kiki Swinson
You want that. And that, and that, and that. And some of those things over there because that’s human nature, especially if we want something we can’t have. So what would you do to get what you want? Would you, ...
“The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row” by Anthony Ray Hardin with Lara Love
Book review of “The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row."
“W is for Welcome: A Celebration of America’s Diversity” by Brad Herzog
Book review of “W is for Welcome: A Celebration of America’s Diversity” by Brad Herzog
“All the Women in My Family Sing,” edited by Deborah Santana c.2018, Nothing But the Truth Publishing
Book review of “All the Women in My Family Sing.”
“An American Marriage: A Novel” by Tayari Jones c.2018, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $26.95 / higher in Canada 308 pages
A review of “An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones.
“Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing,” edited by Stephanie Stokes Oliver
For two hundred years of this country’s history, it was illegal for a person with black skin to read.
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