As a black-British writer, I am speaking from the viewpoint of someone misunderstood. People see me on the street, on buses, and on trains, and have a preconceived idea of the type of person I am based on how I look. And
Troy Reed is a well-respected documentarian from Bronx, New York. He’s known for his 2006 documentary Game Over, which told the story of notorious Harlem hustlers, Azie, Rich Porter, and Alpo. Game Over was a grass-roots success, selling out in the popular
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head is a collection of poetry written by Somali-British author Warsan Shire. Warsan has previously written chapbooks Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth and Her Blue Body. She also wrote poetry for
When I read The Girl in the Spider’s Web, it gave me satisfaction that the wonderful characters left behind by Stieg Larsson would be left in good hands. That book might not have been perfect, but it did its job in progressing
As an author myself, one thing I like to see is other black people documenting their realities in the written word. This is why I enjoy reading books such as The Crack Era by Kevin Chiles, Eskiboy by Wiley, and even Don’t
Demon Slayer is an anime that has been recommended to me countless times, but I’m such a sucker for pages that I knew I had to read the manga first before I could get into the anime series. That’s why I decided
As someone in love with words and the many ways they can be used, I often find myself down rabbit-holes when I come across writers or speakers that form words in unique and ambiguous ways. This is what happened when I found
You Love Me is the third book in the You series, a series made popular on a global scale with its Netflix adaptation. I’ve previously reviewed You and Hidden Bodies, so it was only right that I reviewed this one. Did I
If you read the first couple of chapters of The Poppy War, you may get Harry Potter vibes. This is because the lead character, Rin is a young orphan girl in an unfortunate situation where she’s being used by her opium dealing