His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
c.2022, Viking $30.00 432 pages By Terri Schlichenmeter The Truth Contributor The pavement was hard. At that time of […]
Category: Book Review
The New Black West by Gabriela Hasbun. foreword by Jeff Douvel, Regional Coordinator, Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo
c.2022, Chronicle Books $40.00 128 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Things sure look different from five feet up. The first time, you might feel nervous to be there; the animal you’re astride doesn’t […]
Grief is Love: Living with Loss by Marisa Renee Lee
c.2022, HarperLegacy $26.00 192 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor It happened so fast. One minute, your loved one was talking, laughing, alive – and the next minute they were gone, as if […]
Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned From Talking to Internet Strangers by Dylan Marron
c.2022, Atria $27.00 272 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Sometimes, it just makes you feel gruff. Seriously, the internet should be the G.O.A.T. invention. It should be a place to connect with friends […]
“You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation” by Julissa Arce
c.2022, Flatiron Books $27.99 208 pages The key for the clubhouse door is off-limits to you. You’ll never earn the member jacket or learn the double-secret handshake. No matter how hard you try, membership to […]
Books for Science-Minded Readers
c.2022, various publishers $24.00 – $28.00 various page counts By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor The world is filled with wonders. There are so many things to learn, so many things to learn about. So […]
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
c.2022, Berkley $27.00 368 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor […]
The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander
c.2022, Grand Central Publishing $22.00 160 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Your children never miss a thing. Nothing escapes their notice. They watch below and overhead, spotting objects you’ve passed by a […]
To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner by Carole Emberton
c.2022, W.W. Norton $28.95 242 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor You are not confined to your chair. If you want to get up and move around, in fact, you can. Stand up, stretch, […]
Speak Up, Speak Out! The Extraordinary Life of ‘Fighting Shirley Chisholm’ by Tonya Bolden, with a foreword by Stacey Abrams
c.2022, National Geographic $17.95 144 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Sometimes, you just gotta say what you’re going to say. Sometimes, you can’t keep quiet. You simply just have to speak up, especially […]