Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelsonīy Tara T. Hill’s offered readers a moving narrative-in-verse ode to the innocence, wonder and complexities of Black girlhood. Consider it #RequiredReading.īreath Better Spent: Living Black Girlhoodīy DaMaris B. This is an ode to Black experts and their solutions to contemporary issues in the US. The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken SystemĮdited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ( ). Hard-hitting and necessary read it if you haven’t already. Thanks for your continued support and I always love to hear about what you are reading and writing, so keep the emails, tweets and DMs a-coming!īy Angela Y. I hope you enjoy I’m sure you’ll find plenty here that certain school districts will try banning in the near future. (That’s why it’s a damn good thing I give you a list of new releases every month so be sure to come back to check those out.) I am certain to have missed some fine new books or just decided not to include others.I don’t include poetry (SORRY!) only because the list is already so long but watch for my poetry round-up coming in April.I also include young adult (YA) books because they are often on the cutting edge in terms of character inclusion and candor about the realities of the world in which we live.I include nonfiction and academic titles because I know you are smart people who are always learning!.Release dates are always subject to change, especially for books due to come out later in the year.You’ll notice the list is front-loaded because, well, we know about more books coming out in the next few months than those coming in the fall.There’s always more work to be done and more to be written, but I’ve reason to be hopeful. It was near impossible to choose from among them, and that is so great! I’ve been a professional book jockey for 15+ years and I am encouraged to see more books each year that reflect the lives we actually lead. There are 101 books on this list and honestly, for each one I’ve included here, there are at least two (or 10) other great books coming out by women of color, queer and gender-diverse folx that I could’ve picked. I have spent the last few months scouring catalogs and websites, receiving hundreds of books and even more emails from authors, publicists and publishers, reading your book Tweets and DMs, all to find out what books are coming out in 2022 that I think you, my exceptional, inquisitive and discerning Ms. You’ve seen the other “most anticipated books for 2022” lists, now read this one… you know, for the rest of us! I want to challenge and encourage you all to buy, borrow and read them!.I want to amplify amazing works by writers who are women, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, APIA/AAPI, international, LGBIA+, TGNC, queer, disabled, fat, immigrant, Muslim, neurodivergent, sex-positive or of other historically marginalized identities-you know, the rest of us and.I want to do my part in the disruption of what has been the acceptable “norm” in the book world for far too long-white, cis, heterosexual, male.readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. You can’t stand her. Good thing she’s not here! Instead, this column by gender and women’s studies librarian Karla Strand will amplify stories of the creation, access, use and preservation of knowledge by women and girls around the world share innovative projects and initiatives that focus on information, literacies, libraries and more and, of course, talk about all of the books.
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