Dr. Stephanie Allen, the Publisher & Editor-in-Chief at BLF Press, and her team are celebrating the release of their 10th title, Black Joy Unbound: An Anthology, on September 5, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. EDT. This virtual event is free and open to everyone.

BLF Press is an independent Black feminist publishing house dedicated to amplifying the work of Black women and women of color.

Register for the event: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/black-joy-unbound?

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New on my blog, I've written about RATTLEBONE by Maxine Clair - a gorgeously written, heartbreaking compilation of eleven interlinked stories that capture slices of life of a Black neighbourhood in 1950s Kansas City. Absolutely loved it!
https://readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2023/06/06/rattlebone-maxine-clair/

#McNally Editions #MaxineClair #Rattlebone #AfricanAmericanLiterature, #BlackLiterature, #Coming-of-Age, #Family, #Friendship, #KansasCity, #ShortStories #bookrecommendations #bookreview #books #bookstadon

“Too Dystopian for Whom? A Continental Writer’s Perspective.”
by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Uncanny Magazine
#bookstodon #books #literature #BlackLiterature #AfricanLiterature #dystopia #utopia
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/too-dystopian-for-whom-a-continental-nigerian-writers-perspective/

"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
James Baldwin
It's going to be an interesting week, cats and kittens ...
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College Board removed *James Baldwin* from the AP curriculum? How can you even discuss black American literature without talking about him? This isn’t a watering down; it’s an outright bowdlerization! #APAfricanAmericanStudies #censorship #bookBans #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory #BlackLiterature

There’s a wave of #mermaid #literature that remixes African folklore and connects the transatlantic slave trade to mermaid tales

A literary professor shared 3 works of Black mermaid fiction that deserve attention

https://theconversation.com/disneys-black-mermaid-is-no-breakthrough-just-look-at-the-literary-subgenre-of-black-mermaid-fiction-194435

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Just finished Tracy Deonn's #Bloodmarked. It was very good. It engaged with some themes that also appear in Jordan Afueko's #Redemptor, which is likewise the second book in a series about a young Black heroine who inherits tremendous power and must navigate a crushing weight of responsibility. #books #YA #BlackLiterature

This week I've mainly been reading (no.26)

Sam Selvon's The Lonely Londoners (1956/2021) is a time capsule about the plight & responses of #BlackCaribbean immigrants navigating their way round prejudice & #racism in 1950's London. Written in an accessible but evocative #creole this exploration of the #westindian immigrant experience is both entertaining & shocking. It offers an immersive appreciation of what London looked like to a growing ethnic minority.
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#EsiEdugyan came up in my crossword puzzle today... Highly recommend Half Blood Blues and Washington Black - both have been #GillerPrize winning books.

Read Black authors!! #BlackLiterature

If you're a fan of Jamaica Kincaid's work, join us in a 2023-2024 Readalong of her fiction and nonfiction, hosted by @/ifthisisparadise on Instagram.

More info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkYHtBqLbJ0/

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FAILURE’S GIFTS

https://www.publicbooks.org/to-make-negro-literature-elizabeth-mchenry-failure/