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Inside the Headquarters of Noname Book Club
The Radical Hood Library wants to promote “liberatory and revolutionary ideas.”
By Kandist Mallett
10 Great Recently Banned Books to Check Out
The books touch on sexuality, racism, and other topics that affect our everyday lives.
By Sophie Hayssen
How Patriarchy Has Contributed to the Climate Crisis
“Ecofeminism” explains the connection.
By Leah Thomas
Are We Already Living in a Dystopia?
We asked the authors of popular postapocalyptic novels to weigh in.
By Kaylen Ralph
Why Certain Books Get Banned
"The desire for softened accounts of history is hardly new."
By Gwen Katz and A.R. Vishny
“The Whispering Dark” Is a YA Urban Fantasy With a Deaf College Student in the Spotlight
Read an exclusive excerpt from Kelly Andrew's debut novel.
By De Elizabeth
5 Nonfiction Books That Changed My Life This Year
These books helped me understand the world.
By Calla Walsh
For Zeba Blay, Being #CarefreeBlackGirls Isn't All About Joy
Her new book explores finding her carefree side through pain and depression.
By Jameelah Nasheed
These Authors With Roots in Latin America Are Redefining Purpose & Identity
“I want young folks who are searching for answers to know that they are powerful because power is daring to create and believe in something that only you can see,” says Elisabet Velasquez.
By Lorraine Avila
The Long, Complex History of Book Censorship
Banned Books Week is about setting the record straight.
By Jameelah Nasheed
“If You Change Your Mind” Is a YA Rom-Com That Centers Queer Joy
Read an excerpt from the first chapter here.
By De Elizabeth
Michaela Coel Unpacks New Book “Misfits” & Existing Despite the White Gaze
The talent also talks about cancel culture, unconscious bias, and remembers Khadija Saye.
By Danielle Kwateng
Letter from the Editor: Our August 2021 Cover Star and the Joy of Brown Girl Representation
"[Maitreyi is] allowing us to see ourselves in a way that hasn’t really been depicted before."
By Versha Sharma
A New Black-Owned Bookshop Brings Literary Diversity to Brooklyn
Darlene Okpo just opened up one of the coolest bookstores.
By Jameelah Nasheed
It’s Quinta Brunson’s World, We’re Just Living In It
Quinta Brunson dishes on life before internet fame in She Memes Well.
By Wanna Thompson