Described by the Los Angeles Times as "a voice for the struggles of Black
women in novels and short stories prized for their folksy wisdom and original
voices," J. California Cooper died last week at 82 years old. The Times
continued with a quote from Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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“I wrote Mermaid Kenzie: Protector of the Deeps to help show young (and
older) readers we can all pitch in to protect the beauty of our oceans and
marine life,” said Sherman. After researching environmentalism and seeing
the effects of pollution, Sherman was inspired to com...
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COVID-19 ravaged many small businesses, but Third Eye Books, opened in 2019,
weathered the storm. Hannah discusses the current business climate and how
it affects his and other small bookstores. He discusses the services this
Southeast Portland literary center offers. I...
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The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones (2019) - Banned as part of broad
efforts to stamp out "critical race theory” in schools.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou (1969) -
Challenged frequently and banned, ostensibly for vulgarity and sexually
explicit materi...
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Everybody knows vampires have been vanquished, right? Welllll, maybe
no.....
Twelve-year-old Malika “Boog” Wilson and her best friends have grown up
idolizing The Vanquishers, a group of masked vampire hunters who wiped out
the last hoard of the undead decades ago. For ki...
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Ryan Hart is caught in the middle. She has an older brother and a new
baby sister, and she's in a friendship tug-of-war with two friends who both
want to be her best best friend. How can Ryan think about being kind to a
classmate who is relentless with his teasing? Or ...
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In Sister Resisters: Mentoring Black Women on Campus, authors Janie
Victoria Ward and Tracy L. Robinson-Wood describe a mentorship model designed
to advocate for Black women college students.
Ward and Robinson-Wood, experts in the developmental and identity
chall...
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In author Andre Lewis Carter's debut novel, the Vietnam War is raging, the US
Navy has only recently begun the process of integration, and the country is
reeling from racial turmoil and unrest. Youthful César enlists in the
Navy to escape from Mr. Mike, a charismatic, soc...
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Slaves for Peanuts deftly weaves together the natural and human
history of a crop
that transformed the lives of millions. Author Jori Lewis reveals how demand
for peanut oil in Europe ensured that slavery in Africa would persist well
into the twentieth century, long af...
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