When We Make It by Elizabet Velasquez
Rating: 5 stars Genre: Young Adult - Novel in Verse Representation: Nuyorican girl, poverty Content Warnings: rape, classism, abuse, teen...
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- Jan 3, 2022
- 2 min
Amor Actually edited by Adriana Herrera
Authors: Priscilla Oliveras, Sabrina Sol, Diana Munoz Stewart, Adriana Herrera, Mia Sosa, Alexis Daria, Zoraida Córdova aka Zoey Castile...
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
My favorite books of 2021
Happy New Year! These are the books I enjoyed reading the most in 2021. You can find the list below this collage. Listed by genre: Poetry...
- Dec 24, 2021
- 2 min
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
Rating: 5 Stars Genre: Poetry Representation: Black American Woman Content Warning: Discussions of collective trauma, grief,...
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
So Many Beginnings by Bethany C. Morrow
Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Fiction Representation: African American, possibly Asexual (there wasn't an understanding of asexuality...
- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Rating: 5 stars Genre: Science Fiction/Speculative Fiction - Afro Futurism Representation: African American, Non-binary, Intersex, Queer...
- Dec 11, 2021
- 3 min
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Rating: 5 stars Genre: Young Adult Thriller Representation: Indigenous (Ojibwe), Mixed-race, gay (minimal), Black Indigenous (minimal)...
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
Nature Poem by Tommy Pico
Mini Review! Rating: 4 stars Genre: Poetry Representation: Indigenous (Kumeyaay), Queer/Gay Description Nature Poem (Tin House Books,...
- Nov 29, 2021
- 2 min
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Rating: 5 stars Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy Fiction Representation: Indigenous (Lipan Apache), Asexual, Diverse Content Warning: Discussion...
- Nov 27, 2021
- 2 min
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Rating: 5 stars Genre: SciFi/Fantasy Representation: Indigenous, Transgender, Queer, Nonbinary, Blind (author: Black Indigenous)...
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South Rating: 4 Stars Genre: Culinary Memoir...
- Nov 23, 2021
- 3 min
Black Witch Magic by Mila Nicks
Rating: 4 Stars Genre: Paranormal Mystery - Contemporary Romance Representation: Full figured Black lead, diverse cast, queer bestie,...
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Rating: 5 stars Genre: Middle-Grade Fiction Anthology Representation: Indigenous American, Indigenous Canadian, Black Indigenous,...
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa
Pub Date: April 2022 Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Representation: Interracial Romance (main), Brazilian-American,...
- Nov 11, 2021
- 3 min
Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko
Rating: 5 stars Genre: YA Fantasy Representation: Dark-skinned Black folx, Asexuality Themes: Justice, reparations, power, guilt, chosen...
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
Race on the Census & The Politics of Passing: Book Recommendations
Shades of Citizenship: Race and the Census in Modern Politics by Melissa Nobles What Is "Your" Race? The Census and Our Flawed Efforts to...
- Oct 29, 2021
- 2 min
Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang
Rating: 4.5 stars Representation: (mixed kinda) & immigrants Content Warnings: addiction, gore/blood, murder, sexual assault, and spousal...
- Oct 22, 2021
- 3 min
The Conductors by Nicole Glover
Rating: 4 stars Genre(s): Historical Fiction, SciFi/Fantasy, Mystery, Romance Representation: Black characters, transgender man, racial...
- Oct 19, 2021
- 2 min
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Rating: 4 stars Genre: YA Fantasy - Romance (Paranormal/Spiritual) Themes: Transgender identity, acceptance, transphobia,...
- Oct 17, 2021
- 3 min
In The Dream House: a memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
Rating: 4 stars Genre: Memoir Representation: Queer, Lesbian, WLW Content Warning: Partner abuse, Psychological abuse, Gaslighting,...
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