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Category: Book Review

A Holiday Book Gift List, Part I

November 30, 2023 Sojourner’s Truth

By Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Book Worm The Truth Contributor One thin line. There you are, you’ve just crossed off your last person, thereby finishing your Holiday Gift List for the year. But oops, you forgot […]

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Iconic Home: Interiors, Advice, and Stories from 50 Amazing Black Designers by June Reese, BID, foreword by Amy Astley c.2023,Abrams $50.00 255 pages

November 22, 2023 Sojourner’s Truth

By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor The sofa will go over there. Sitting slightly away from the edge of a rug, flanked by two chairs at an angle to the fireplace, it’ll be the focal […]

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Laws of Annihilation by Eriq La Salle

November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2023, Lavette Books, Poisoned Pen Press $16.99 413 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor One thing or another. You have to choose, you can’t have both. This one or that one, that or the […]

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The Invisible Ache by Courtney B. Vance & Dr. Robin L. Smith with Charisse Jones

November 9, 2023November 9, 2023 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2023, Balance $30.00 268 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Your skin was not even broken. No cuts, no scratches, no stitches needed. There was no blood and no bruise, either, not even the […]

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The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

November 2, 2023 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2023, Gallery / Saga Press $28.99    576 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor You’ll do better next time. You’re sorry, deeply sorry, sincere in your apology, and it won’t happen again. You had […]

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The Vice President’s Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn by Amrita Chakrabarti yers

October 26, 2023 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2023, The University of North Carolina Press    $30.00      296 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor The deed to the house will be yours, free and clear, very soon. Once the mortgage […]

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Night Train to Nashville: The Greatest Untold Story of Music City by Paula Blackman

October 18, 2023 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2023, Harper Horizon      $29.99                        303 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Deejay, spin those tunes! A few decades ago, that’s exactly […]

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The New Brownies’ Book by Dr. Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer

October 12, 2023 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2023, Chronicle Books    $40.00 208 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor The kids are back in school now and already, your family’s going in six different directions. You’re busy, between sports, extracurricular activities, […]

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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

October 5, 2023 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2023, Dey St.  $32.50    426 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Thanksgiving is coming soon and you know the story. A bunch of white folks came over in a boat, and landed on […]

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Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics, edited by Michael G. Long, foreword by Clayborne Carson

September 27, 2023 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2023, NYU Press  $27.95    256 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor You will never settle. And why should you? If it’s not right, you make it right. If it can be better, well, […]

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