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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

240 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0bookreviewswithkb's review
nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Dust

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

369 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0bookreviewswithkb's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

bell hooks

208 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0bookreviewswithkb's review
nonfiction feminism memoir race emotional reflective slow-paced
The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir by Karen Cheung

The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir

Karen Cheung

11 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bookreviewswithkb's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella Hammad

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

Isabella Hammad

2 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0bookreviewswithkb's review
nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Concrete Rose

The Hate U Give #0

Angie Thomas

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookreviewswithkb's review
fiction contemporary historical young adult emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories

Ghassan Kanafani

117 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0bookreviewswithkb's review
fiction classics literary short stories dark emotional sad fast-paced
Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal Rana

Hope Ablaze

Sarah Mughal Rana

9 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

5.0bookreviewswithkb's review
fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced
Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture by Zeba Blay

Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture

Zeba Blay

6 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookreviewswithkb's review
nonfiction art essays feminism race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar

When We Were Sisters

Fatimah Asghar

327 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bookreviewswithkb's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced