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Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith

Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop

Danyel Smith

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history music race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton

The Everlasting Rose

The Belles #2

Dhonielle Clayton

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous medium-paced
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson

Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

Cassandra Peterson

284 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art autobiography memoir dark mysterious medium-paced
The Two Lives of Sara by Catherine Adel West

The Two Lives of Sara

Catherine Adel West

309 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa

Dien Cai Dau

Wesleyan Poetry

Yusef Komunyakaa

72 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice by Terry Tempest Williams
When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
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Terry Tempest Williams

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Terry Tempest Williams

224 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality by Tanya Katerí Hernández

Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality

Tanya Katerí Hernández

216 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

Tiya Miles

385 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis

Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

Damien Lewis

496 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black

Don't Cry for Me

Daniel Black

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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