Category: Black Interest

Posted in Black Interest History LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments | Saidiya Hartman | At the dawn of the twentieth century, black women in the US were carving out new ways of living. The first generations born after emancipation, their

Posted in Black Interest Romance

Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory

Flirting Lessons | Jasmine Guillory | A captivating and sizzling new queer romance by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory.Avery Jensen is almost thirty, fresh off a breakup,

Posted in Black Interest LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Literary Collections

She Called Me Woman by Azeenarh Mohammed

She Called Me Woman | Azeenarh Mohammed | “We put together this collection of twenty-five narratives to correct the invisibility, the confusion, the caricaturising and the writing out of queer

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Black Interest History

Black. Queer. Southern. Women. by E. Patrick Johnson

Black. Queer. Southern. Women. | E. Patrick Johnson | Drawn from the life narratives of more than seventy African American queer women who were born, raised, and continue to reside in the American South,

Posted in Black Interest Speculative Fiction

Somadina by Emezi Akwaeke

Somadina | Emezi Akwaeke | From the National Book Award finalist and author of Pet comes a novel set in a magical West African world, about a teen girl who must save her missing

Posted in Black Interest LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Literary Criticism

Writing Queer Women of Color by Monalesia Earle

Writing Queer Women of Color | Monalesia Earle | Queer women of color have historically been underrepresented or excluded completely in fiction and comics. When present, they are depicted as ‘less th

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Award Winner Black Interest

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments | Saidiya Hartman | ‘Exhilarating…A rich resurrection of a forgotten history.’ ―Parul Sehgal, New York TimesBeautifully written and deeply researched, Wayward Lives, Beau

Posted in Arts & Photography Black Interest Chicana/Latina/Latinx Interest

Resistant Bodies in the Cultural Productions of Transnational Hispanic Caribbean Women by Irune del Rio Gabiola

Resistant Bodies in the Cultural Productions of Transnational Hispanic Caribbean Women | Irune del Rio Gabiola | Resistant Bodies in the Cultural Productions of Transnational Hispanic Caribbean Women: Reimagining Queer Identity examines the art created by several

Posted in Black Interest Fiction

My Lesbian Novel by Renee Gladman

My Lesbian Novel | Renee Gladman | The latest in writer and visual artist Renee Gladman?s ever-expanding body of imaginative investigation is a sui generis novel of queerness and art-ma

Posted in Black Interest Fiction

Afrekete by Catherine E. Mckinley

Afrekete | Catherine E. Mckinley | Destined to become a classic in the tradition of the best-selling Black-Eyed Susans/Midnight Birds and Erotique Noire/ Black Erotica. Afrekete gives c