The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Purchase a copy for yourself here! Ta-Nehisi Coates’ hotly anticipated debut novel The Water Dancer is a lyrical creation from one of America’s foremost cultural critics. Coates is a widely read essayist and former national correspondent for The Atlantic, the author of such nonfiction bestsellers as Between the World and Me and We Were Eight… Continue reading The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones

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Purchase a copy for yourself here! How We Fight for Our Lives is the debut memoir from award-winning poet and former Buzzfeed editor, Saeed Jones. Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised in Lewisville, Texas. The memoir is about what it means to be a black gay man in the South, and the survival… Continue reading How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

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Purchase a copy for yourself here! “You will find society asking you for the happy ending, saying come back when you’re better, when what you say can make us feel good, when you have something more uplifting, affirming. The ugliness was something I never asked for, it was dropped on me, and for a long… Continue reading Know My Name by Chanel Miller