books

  • January 2025 Reading Recap

    Here we are at the start of another new year and, as I write this at the end of January, my brain and belly are swirling in the midst of what has been a turbulent two weeks in the US. I have found solace in this time, as I have in so many other times,

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  • 2024: The Year in Reading

    For the fourth consecutive year in 2024 I read over 100 books, tracking not only the titles and authors, but author demographics, as well as genre, format, and publication year. This year I also switched from Goodreads (owned by Amazon) to StoryGraph (Black and women-owned) for online tracking, though I also keep my own detailed

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  • February 2024 Reading Recap

    Another Black History Month of reading in the books though, quite honestly, I don’t read any differently his month than any other month; any month is a good month to read Black authors! Still, I thought I would use this opportunity to highlight the Black authors I read this month here, in case you’re looking

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  • Reflections on the Foremost

    What happens when you read the foremost [white] expert on a person’s work, before reading the work itself? No person of my complexion can visit this country without being struck with the marked difference between the English and the Americans. American abolitionist, historian, and author William Wells Brown, upon arrival in Liverpool, July 1849. For

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Women with long, curly hair seated on a stoop. She is wearing an army green jacket and jeans, smiling at the camera.