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Saved Transcendent Kingdom By Yaa Gyasi
Reviewed by Bridgett M. Davis
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The Art Of Passing The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
Reviewed by Jasmine M. Sanders
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Tree Of Life These Ghosts Are Family By Maisy Card
Reviewed by Taylor Dews
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Escapology A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance By Stella Abasa Dadzie
Reviewed by K. Avvirin Gray
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Material We Want Our Bodies Back: Poems By Jessica Care Moore
Reviewed by Osarugue Otebele
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Black Girls In Process Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower By Brittney Cooper
Reviewed by Angel Boulware
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Poetry By Emily Gordon;
Commentary by Katha Pollitt
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Television A Gaze In The #Metoo Mirror
I May Destroy You By Michaela Coel
Reviewed by Kovie Biakolo
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Human Supernova Luster By Raven Leilani
Reviewed by Rebecca Saltzman
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Tech? No. Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism By Safiya Umoja Noble
Reviewed by Kalani Johnson
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Venus Envy Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia By Sabrina Strings
Reviewed by Jochebed Cadet
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Scrutinized, But Never Seen Such a Fun Age By Kiley Reid
Reviewed by Savanna Ramsey
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Rock And A Hard Place Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll By Maureen Mahon
Reviewed by Briana N. Spivey
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Space Invaders Thick: And Other Essays By Tressie McMillan Cottom
Reviewed by Danielle Koonce
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Just Who Is This “Us”? Just Us: An American Conversation By Claudia Rankine
Reviewed by Kim Mayo
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Listen Up Zoom An Essay by Laurie Stone