Tag: Books by Black authors
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MAMP Podcast Ep#40: A Message for this Moment on How We Fight White Supremacy
Hello Meltingpot Community, I know it’s not Friday, but I wanted to launch this special Rewind episode of the podcast – with a new intro – as soon as possible. This moment that we’re in right now as a nation, demands it. I wanted to talk about what role white people, Black people and other…
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MAMP Podcast Ep#37: Girl, Woman, Other Reviewed
Hello Meltingpot Community, Episode 37 of the podcast is just a Meltingpot Minute. It’s a short one, but it’s long enough for me to share my review of the 2019 Booker Prize winning novel, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo. The book is a delightful invitation into the lives of a diverse group of Black…
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“The Water Dancer” by Ta-Nehisi Coates is Magical
Hello Meltingpot Community, Over the Christmas holidays I had the chance to read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ beautiful debut novel, The Water Dancer, so I wanted to share my review of the book. True confession, the reason I got to read the book is because I bought a copy for my brother as a gift, but took…
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Meltingpot Book Review: “Washington Black” by Esi Edugyan
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Even though I’m doing a lot of reading and research for my Black in Spain project, it wouldn’t be summer if I wasn’t also consuming a fair amount of fiction as well. Fun fact, I received the hardcover version of Esi Edugyan’s critically-acclaimed, Washington Black for Christmas, but I bought the paperback…
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Join the My American Meltingpot Book Club!
Hello Meltingpot Readers, It’s not too late to join the My American Meltingpot book club. We’re reading the delicious new memoir by Tembi Locke called From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home. Not only is the book beautifully written, but it has a true meltingpot theme as well. We’ll be having our…
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“From Scratch” by Tembi Locke is the Inaugural MAMP Book Club Pick!
Hello Meltingpot Readers, The moment you’ve all been waiting for is finally here. I am so pleased to announce that the inaugural selection for the My American Meltingpot book club is the just released, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home by Tembi Locke. When I decided to launch a book club,…
