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Nine Novels that Examine Race Through Multiple Points of View

I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying: try walking a mile in another person’s shoes. It’s meant to warn you against judging someone without first trying to see things from their perspective, a concept that’s been especially important in race relations. Members of marginalized groups — those based on race,…

BookTribJanuary 9, 2023

Nonfiction

TED Talk: Safwat Saleem Urges You to Find Your Voice — Plus, a Helpful Book List

Finding a voice to fit your identity is never easy. However, artist, designer and animator Safwat Saleem, had a particularly difficult time, struggling with anxiety about his childhood stutter. In this thought-provoking, heartfelt and adorably animated talk from TED 2016, Saleem describes how he overcame his struggle to incorporate his…

Katie HiresJuly 26, 2016

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Family, Grief and Race: “Transcendent Kingdom” by Yaa Gyasi

"... Splendor and heart and insight and brilliance." —Ann Patchett "Absolutely transcendent. ... I am quite angry this is so good." —Roxane Gay "Meticulous, psychologically complex ..." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "With deft agility and undeniable artistry, ... an eloquent examination of resilient survival." —Booklist Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi…

Mary Helen SheriffAugust 31, 2020

Book Club Network

Closeup: Putting Oakville, Ontario on the Reading Map

The vision of Oakville, Ontario, according to its website, is to be “the most livable town in Canada.” If Karina Kaushal and Soni Sharma have their way, it might be the most well-read town in Canada. That’s because they are hosts of the Oakville chapter of the Girly Book Club.…

BookTribNovember 5, 2018

Fiction

Event Review: Award-Winning Novelist Yaa Gyasi Talks About Finding Home with Students at University of Michigan

On Tuesday, February 6, Yaa Gyasi, author of the award-winning novel, Homegoing was part of a panel at the 2018 Jill S. Harris Memorial Lecture at the University of Michigan. The event, Homegoing: A Conversation with Yaa Gyasi was structured as a conversational, Q&A format between University of Michigan professors Gaurav…

Jessica (Jo) ChangFebruary 7, 2018

Fiction

#ReadingBlackout: 28 Books by Black Women for Black History Month

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. This February, in honor of Black History Month, readers are participating in #readingblackout, a movement started by BookTuber Denise D. Cooper that encourages readers to exclusively pick up books by black authors. The Bookish team couldn’t resist joining in, and since we can’t get enough of…

BookishFebruary 7, 2018

Fiction Listicles

Southern State of Mind: 6 Books Set in The Sultry South

The South and stories mingle together like a hive and honeybees. I’ve only lived in the Lover’s state of Virginia for a little bit, but I’ve come to appreciate the conversations with strangers at the grocery store, smiles as sweet as salt water taffy, and the slow dance of lazy…

Sadeqa JohnsonOctober 29, 2020

Nine Novels that Examine Race Through Multiple Points of View

TED Talk: Safwat Saleem Urges You to Find Your Voice — Plus, a Helpful Book List

Family, Grief and Race: “Transcendent Kingdom” by Yaa Gyasi

Closeup: Putting Oakville, Ontario on the Reading Map

Event Review: Award-Winning Novelist Yaa Gyasi Talks About Finding Home with Students at University of Michigan

#ReadingBlackout: 28 Books by Black Women for Black History Month

Southern State of Mind: 6 Books Set in The Sultry South

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