If you didn’t catch the first installment of Sheets & Pages, click here for the backstory. This month I read a few pages from Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz. It’s a collection of short stories that “depicts the sultry lives of Floridians in intergenerational tales that contemplate human connection, race, womanhood, inheritance, and … Continue reading
Hello March! At the beginning of 2017, while setting my 52 book Good Reads challenge, I promised myself 12 of those books had to be poetry. That also means I’m going to buy more books that usual this year. Public libraries don’t carry as many poetry collections in comparison to fiction. Interlibrary loan helps, but … Continue reading
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1. “Mentoring in the Afterlife” by Ayana A. H. Jamieson (Online article). 2. Pantone by Shayla Lawson (Poetry collection). 3. Blues Triumphant by Jonterri Gadson (Poetry collection). 4. Guyku by Bob Raczka & Peter H. Reynolds (Picture book). 5. One Word from Sophia by Jim Averbeck & Yasmeen Ismail (Picture book). 6. Call Me Tree/Llámame Árbol by May … Continue reading
1. “Why James Baldwin Still Matters” by Jacqueline Woodson (Online article). 2. “Moving Beyond Pain” by bell hooks (Online article). 3. “Little Red Corvette” by Kevin Young (Poem). 4. “Where the Five-Day Workweek Came From” by Philip Sopher (Online article). 5. What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi (Short story collection). 6. … Continue reading
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