Category: Black Interest

Tanaine Ja’Cole Jenkins | A Different Kinda Luv | From throwing wild and sexy dorm parties to owning the most successful alternative clubs in Tallahassee, Florida, friends Nicole and Jordan are at the

Lillian Smith | Strange Fruit | One of the very earliest paperback Lesbian novels published in America.

Ann Allen Shockley | Loving Her | The groundbreaking story centers on Renay, a talented black musician who is forced by pregnancy to marry the abusive, alcoholic Jerome Lee. When Jerom

Lillian Smith | Strange Fruit | Review

It’s August, it’s hot, it’s revival time in Maxwell, Georgia. Tracy Deen, the rebel child who always disappoints his self-sacrificing mothe

Nina Revoyr | The Necessary Hunger | Nancy Takahiro is a star high school basketball player who is smitten by a new player, Raina Webber. When Nancy’s father falls in love with Raina’s mo

Dionne Brand | What We All Long for | “They were born in the city from people born elsewhere.”

What We All Long For follows the overlapping stories of a close c

Jewelle Gomez | The Gilda Stories / Bones a Ash | Adaptation of the book for the stage “Bones & Ash: a Gilda Story,” was performed by the Urban Bush Women company in 13 U.S. cities.

Becky Birtha | For Nights Like This One | By Sistahs on the Shelf ‘The Home for Readers of… (Florida, USA) – See all my reviews

If you’re not one for short story collections, FOR

Lillian Smith | Strange Fruit | One of the very earliest paperback Lesbian novels published in America. Also one of the earliest Signet books, whose numbering started at 660. Wonderf

Cheryl Clarke | The Days Of Good Looks | Lauded by luminaries such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Adrienne Rich, and Joy Harjo, among others, the work of African American lesbian poet Cheryl Clarke has