Reading a Singer’s Memoir? Choose the Audiobook
Mariah Carey is the latest singer to tell her life story in a book that will be formatted into an audiobook she narrates. With …
Teen Magazine Posts Tweet Tagging Wrong Black YA Author
A magazine for teen girls mistakenly confused two Black young adult authors in a tweet that took six hours to come down. Middle grade …
‘The Claudia Kishi Club’ Shows Love to Beloved ‘Baby-sitters Club’ Member
Asian American creatives describe how Claudia Kishi of The Baby-sitters Club series defined their upbringings in the 1990s. The companion documentary The Claudia Kishi …
Beach Reads, Memoirs Dominate the Summer: July 2020 Celebrity Book Club Picks
With the impact of the anti-Black racism protests last month, some of the celebrity-founded book clubs kept the focus on Black stories as others …
‘The Vanishing Half’ Highlights Racial Passing Along with Previous Well-Known Novels
Perched on The New York Times Best Sellers list for the past four weeks with an HBO miniseries in the works, The Vanishing Half …
Day Before Disappearance, Naya Rivera Asked Fans What They Wanted in 2nd Book
Glee actress Naya Rivera is currently missing in Lake Piru in Southern California as of Wednesday, but the active tweeter with 1.5 million followers …
Book Review: ‘The Vanishing Half’ by Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett is a riveting tale of two …
Halsey’s Poems May Dive Deeper into Her Biracial Identity
Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Halsey announced she will have a poetry book come out later this year called I Would Leave Me If I …
Book Review: ‘Rodham’ by Curtis Sittenfeld
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld My rating: 4 of 5 stars Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld is an alternative history book reimagining Hillary Rodham Clinton’s political …
Book Review: ‘Open Book’ by Jessica Simpson
Open Book by Jessica Simpson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Open Book by Jessica Simpson is a poignant memoir where she describes her …
