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• Shalom Sistas: Living Wholeheartedly in a Brokenhearted World, by Osheta Moore (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything, by Anne Bogel (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• One Big Rain: Poems for a Rainy Day, by Rita Gray (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi ADeyemi (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• The Talented Ribkins, by Ladee Hubbard (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• The Naked Anabaptist: The Bare Essentials of a Radical Faith, by Stuart Murray (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• Born A Crime, by Trevor Noah (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, by Austin Channing Brown (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• The Wedding Date, by Jasmine Guillory (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• We’re Going to Need More Wine: Stories that are Funny, Complicated, and True, by Gabrielle Union (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• How To Fix a Broken Record: Thoughts on Vinyl Records, Awkward Relationships, and Learning to Be Myself, by Amena Owen Brown (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint, by Nadia Bolz-Weber (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person, by Shonda Rhimes (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• Attachments: A Novel, by Rainbow Rowell (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, by Issa Rae (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• How It Went Down, by Kekla Magoon (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• The Light of the World: A Memoir, by Elizabeth Alexander (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• Love is the Drug, by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
• Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel (Amazon | Barnes and Noble)
Also mentioned:
• Shalom Sistas podcast
• Sorta Awesome podcast
• Black Chick Lit podcast
• WSIRN Ep 88: Overlooked books that deserve to shine, featuring Amena Brown
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I was a little confused by this episode – did Osheta not want updated recommendations? Loved the recs she gives at the beginning of the conversation, though!
I enjoyed this episode listening to Osheta. I’ve been reading lots of books by women authors the last couple of years and I want to expand my reading to more women of color, and from different nations around the world. Thanks for the suggestions.
I just wanted to say that I have the opposite feeling about movies and books. I like to watch the movie first then read the book. Maybe it’s because I watched and discussed movies with my father when I was a teenager. Those are beloved memories. I’ve discovered I’m a visual learner, so when I read the book after seeing the movie, I have pictures in my mind to enhance my reading experience. Plus, I love getting more detail from the book than can be fit into a two hour movie. I’d rather be excited about all the new information in the book, than disappointed by what the film makers had to cut because of time restraints.
Lucinda – I love your perspective on books vs. movies! I also like to read (or re-read) the book after seeing the film. One more reason is that when I know how the story turns out, I don’t feel pressured to rush through the book to know what happens.
Adrienne
Adrenne, Thanks. I’ve discovered some great books and authors that way. I’m a big fan of TCM and have read books that classic movies are based on, as well as more modern movie/book connections. I might never have read any Jane Austen, for example, if not for Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. Watching the mini-series versions of ShĹŤgun and Roots prompted me to read the books. It’s fun to compare both, or sometimes multiple versions of a movie to the book.
I just blew threw a bunch of episodes of the podcast and on one of them, Anne mentions a book about a man who walks out of him family one day to go run an errand and never comes back. Does anybody remember which book this was? I cannot for the life of me remember exactly which episode of the podcast this was mentioned and I want to find/read this book! Thanks for your help.
Maybe Instructions for a Heatwave?
Thanks, I’ll give that a try!
I was a bit confused by this episode as well! This seemed like an odd way to recycle on an old interview?
I have some suggestions for her Black bookshelf: “My Journey With Maya” by Travis Smiley, a memoir of his friendship with Maya Angelo, and “On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times Of Madam C.J. Walker” by A’Lelia Bundles, a biography of an amazing female entrepreneur born in 1867.
I heard your interview with Osheta and I was a little upset about her thoughts on The Help. I don’t think she gave an objective view because she is African American. I would have liked her to say if she thought it was a well done movie. I am not talking about the book. I thought both of them were wonderful.The acting in the movie was terrific and I think you should watch it Anne.You didn’t ask her but I would be curious if the fact that the Black women were maids made her not like the movie. That is what it seemed like