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Books to Take You to Tokyo and Beyond, Ava Gardner’s Many Loves and Gatsby Lived Where?

BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed. 10 Books to Introduce Readers to Japan's Vast and Beautiful Capital City of Tokyo —…

BookTribJune 12, 2020

Miscellany

Toni Morrison: A Life in the Service of Literature

There is no shortage of poignant quotes to choose from to top an obituary for Toni Morrison, the celebrated author who died last night in New York at the age of 88. Perhaps the one above is most fitting. Morrison’s novels were celebrated and embraced by booksellers, critics, educators, readers, and…

BookTribAugust 6, 2019

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Mateo Askaripour’s “Black Buck” Cleverly Analyzes Race, Ambition, and Truth

Grab a cup of coffee and settle in with this one! Peppered with humor and chock full of guidance on how to excel in sales and life, author Mateo Askaripour exposes what goes on in the workplace with Black Buck (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). He aims for his black and brown…

Jennifer BlankfeinFebruary 4, 2021

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Familial and Systemic Struggle in Story of Ultimate Survival

If I Survive You (MCD Books) by Jonathan Escoffery is a collection of interwoven short stories that reads like a novel, exploring the triumphs and tragedies of a Jamaican family that immigrates to Miami in a bid to escape increasing violence in their native country. Escoffery has already garnered critical…

Michael FerrySeptember 30, 2022

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ITW Spotlight: Folklore, Psychiatry and Self vs. Self, Tade Thompson Dives Into His Doppelgänger Story

It happens to all of us at some point. We’re sitting in class, at a cocktail party or lounging by the pool, and someone asks, “What would you do if you met your doppelgänger?” The answers range from the inappropriate to the illegal, but occasionally are as mundane as passing…

Allison McKnightMay 16, 2022

Audiobooks Fiction Listicles Thrillers

4 Great Mystery and Thriller Audiobooks From Black Authors

I call to your attention the contributions of Black authors to the mystery/thriller genre. To go deeper than some of the better-known Black mystery authors I have mentioned often on the Solve blog, I turned to two online resources: The first is Frankie’s List, sponsored by Sisters in Crime, an organization…

Ellen QuintAugust 24, 2020

Audiobooks Listicles Miscellany

Celebrating Black Women Authors in Audiobooks

Earlier this month, author Toni Morrison turned 88. On her birthday, a new collection of her essays and speeches, The Source of Self-Regard, (Random House Audio) was published. Twenty years ago I was privileged to interview Ms. Morrison for an AudioFile profile. I was terrified—not having a lot of interview experience…

Robin WhittenMarch 8, 2019

Fiction Listicles Romance

7 Recent and Upcoming Romances by Black Authors You Should Check Out

About an hour after I was asked to put together a list of Black romance authors with recent and upcoming releases, I had about 20 names on the list. It took a couple of days to narrow them down. Ultimately, I chose the following selections because I have personal respect…

Y. M. NelsonFebruary 12, 2021

Audiobooks Fiction

Narrator of “Friday Black” discusses Afrofuturism

Corey Allen narrates Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s moving collection of short stories, Friday Black (Recorded Books). The themes of these stories include the power divide, minimum-wage work, racism, education, and the consequences of ethical decisions, and Corey shares why it’s a collection well worth your listening time. “What Nana manages to capture in this…

AudioFileFebruary 22, 2019

Books to Take You to Tokyo and Beyond, Ava Gardner’s Many Loves and Gatsby Lived Where?

Toni Morrison: A Life in the Service of Literature

Mateo Askaripour’s “Black Buck” Cleverly Analyzes Race, Ambition, and Truth

Familial and Systemic Struggle in Story of Ultimate Survival

ITW Spotlight: Folklore, Psychiatry and Self vs. Self, Tade Thompson Dives Into His Doppelgänger Story

4 Great Mystery and Thriller Audiobooks From Black Authors

Celebrating Black Women Authors in Audiobooks

7 Recent and Upcoming Romances by Black Authors You Should Check Out

Narrator of “Friday Black” discusses Afrofuturism

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