The standard of beauty is not definite, we define it. But what happens when beauty is defined by a society that has been poisoned and brainwashed? That’s precisely what happens in ‘The Everlasting Rose (The …
To be young, missing, black and female… Monday’s Not Coming Book Review
What would you do if your bestie just vanishes one day, and you are the only one who notices? That’s what happens in the page-turning novel, Monday’s not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson. In this …
Washington Black reminds that the most important journey is inward
A slave escaping the perils of slavery in a hot air balloon, called a cloud-cutter, is perhaps the first time I’ve read this type of experience. Yet Esi Edugyan made it work in her third …