Dear BookBrowsers,
In this issue, we celebrate Juneteenth with several Beyond the Book articles highlighting aspects of Black American history. Our review of Nicola Yoon's
One of Our Kind, a social horror story set in a Black utopian suburb, is accompanied by a piece about plans for
real-world Black utopian societies. With
We Refuse, Kellie Carter Jackson's account of the use of force in Black resistance to white supremacy, we focus on
desegregation activist Daisy Bates. In addition to these books by Black authors, Stephen Puleo's
The Great Abolitionist, about anti-slavery advocate Charles Sumner, examines the
Sarah Roberts case, in which Boston school segregation was challenged by one of the country's first Black attorneys a century before
Brown v. Board of Education.
We also include an
exclusive interview with Carvell Wallace, who writes about Blackness, queerness, faith, beauty, Mister Rogers, and much more in his memoir-in-essays
Another Word for Love.
Like Wallace's book, Sarah Perry's novel
Enlightenment explores sexuality and spirituality, in this case through two friends belonging to the same church who both experience feelings that conflict with their religion. Another character-based work of fiction,
Mood Swings by Frankie Barnet, envisions an apocalyptic society where animals have turned on humans. Ananda Lima's
Craft delivers on a different intense premise with a short story collection revolving around a narrator who has been inspired to write for the devil. And Briony Cameron's bracing
The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye fictionalizes the adventures of a Haitian woman pirate who may have lived in the 17th century.
We invite you to check out these reviews and articles along with many others,
4 Banned LGBTQ+ Books to Read During Pride Month, a new
Wordplay, a giveaway of Joanna Pearson's debut thriller
Bright and Tender Dark, and much more.
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