October 2020 Book Review- Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

I became a fan of Justina Ireland once I heard the short Letters From Home on Nightlight: The Black Horror Podcast (find this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play). I …

September 2020 Book Review- Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

Shameless plug: WATCH LOVECRAFT COUNTRY ON HBO! Note: This book does have lots of racial themes, and the N-word is used. I try and take book reviews from the people …

April 2020 Book Review-Wild Seed By Octavia Butler

Imagine a woman so dynamic, so powerful that she can change her age, sex or even race? Part One of the book opens to with Doro, whom through is already …

March Madness: Black Women Be Knowin'

I grew up in St. Louis. I grew up where there is nothing but the talk of baseball season permeating every conversation from here to Chicago. I mean, Opening Day? …

The Flocking of ‘Rare Birds’ Of A Feather

When I was writing what my father called ‘dark stuff’, I had no idea there were black women that were writing ‘dark stuff’. I had no idea there was a …