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Thursday, July 18, 2024

All my writing and interviews in one place!

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Hi I've been doing a lot of writing and not a lot of blog posting. The good news is I now have a constantly updated portfolio page righ...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Black Achievement and Joy at the Dawn of American Film

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This February I'm basking in the joy of finally writing one of the pieces on Black movie history that I've been thinking about way o...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

New Articles at Publishers Weekly and NPR's Books We Love 2023

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NPR's Books We Love has quickly become one of my favorite annual traditions. This year I had the honor of writing about 12 of my absolu...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

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A wealth of amazing reads and literary conversations.   Being a critic always feel like a privilege, even when deadlines loom one after the ...
Monday, March 20, 2023

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  New Year, New Writing  I've been making a list.... For some people the new year is all about fresh starts and resolutions. To me, a ne...
Thursday, June 30, 2022

What's New-- Media, Book Criticism and more

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11/14/22   I recently interviewed author Kathryn Ma for Publishers Weekly and reviewed Celeste Ng's Our Missing Hearts f or Oprah Dail...
Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Review: A Play for the End of the World

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A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book affected me profoun...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Review: Scandalous

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Scandalous by Minerva Spencer My rating: 0 of 5 stars I don’t really have words for how much I hated thi...
Friday, June 11, 2021

Review: The Accidental Diva

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The Accidental Diva by Tia Williams My rating: 4 of 5 stars "She was a skittish, trembling Question, and he was the Answ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

NPR's Code Switch Celebrates Black Kiss-Story (and I'm there for it)!

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So NPR Code Switch did a fun and thoughtful episode on Black historical romance and invited me to be a part of it. Listening to these amazin...