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Category: Book Review

Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned From Talking to Internet Strangers by Dylan Marron

April 28, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

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 […]

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“You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation” by Julissa Arce

April 21, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

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 […]

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Books for Science-Minded Readers

April 21, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

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 […]

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Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

April 14, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2022, Berkley                      $27.00                              368 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor […]

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The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander

April 7, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

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 […]

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To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner by Carole Emberton

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

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, […]

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Speak Up, Speak Out! The Extraordinary Life of ‘Fighting Shirley Chisholm’ by Tonya Bolden, with a foreword by Stacey Abrams

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

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 […]

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Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters edited by Jessica P. Pryde

March 10, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2022, Berkley $17.00 263 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Bodice-rippers. That’s what they’re sometimes called: you know, those romance books that feature a hard-bodied, handsome man on the cover, and he’s holding the […]

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Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

March 3, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2022, Dutton Books for Young Readers          $16.99                        128 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Twinkle, twinkle, little… What? Natural […]

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“Didn’t We Almost Have It All? In Defense of Whitney Houston” by Gerrick Kennedy, foreword by Brandy

February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2022, Abrams Press      $28.00 306 pages That song. It always makes you want to dance with somebody. It gets your feet shuffling and your behind bouncing and the lyrics pour out of your […]

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