February is Black History Month and we are celebrating by sharing several of our favorite authors and books with you.
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Titles mentioned in this episode:
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Geoffrey Canada
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
Would Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Love is a Revolution by Renee Watson
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
History Smashers: Underground Railroad by Kate Messner & Gwendolyn Hooks
How High the Moon by Karyn Parsons
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
Who Was, What Was, Where Was Series by various authors
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander
What is Bethany’s husband reading now:
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin