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    Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
    Courtney Dyer
    • Oct 12, 2020
    • 5 min

    Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

    This is one of the most important young adult books I have read in my short, but well-read life. As a huge admirer of When They See Us an...
    The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser
    Courtney Dyer
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 6 min

    The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser

    Everyone loves the chase, that’s what they say right? In his brilliant new novel The Hunted, Gabriel Bergmoser explores this in the most ...
    White Oleander by Janet Fitch
    Karla Mendez
    • Oct 6, 2020
    • 5 min

    White Oleander by Janet Fitch

    “I was ashamed of the idea that I could escape her, even of wanting to.” I watched White Oleander almost religiously in high school so I ...
    If You Want To Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais
    Mel Ann Rosenthal
    • Oct 5, 2020
    • 9 min

    If You Want To Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais

    As a writer, I am more often reading to encounter wonderful prose than I am to be transported and/or entertained. My criteria is simple: ...
    A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan
    Courtney Dyer
    • Sep 30, 2020
    • 5 min

    A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan

    A Room Called Earth felt like a perfect summer’s evening. You’ve spent the day at the beach, it’s been sweaty and salty but you’ve soaked...
    Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again by Katherine Angel
    Maggie Briana Chidester
    • Sep 29, 2020
    • 6 min

    Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again by Katherine Angel

    TW: sex, sexual assault “Woah, are you okay?” or a discombobulated rearranging of those words are what I remember most about the night I ...
    A Fish Growing Lungs By Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn
    Karla Mendez
    • Sep 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Fish Growing Lungs By Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn

    “But, goddamn, growing up sure can look like madness.”
    Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora
    Akilah White
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 6 min

    Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora

    “What is the legacy and the future of Africa and the African Diaspora?” Any long time reader of science fiction and fantasy in English ca...
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