Organized by Glory Edim, founder of the Well-Read Black Girl book club, this anthology is about modern female black writers who first encountered themselves in black writing. Each author explores her own life/background and themes and characters where these other black writers met them, whether in childhood, adulthood, or a bit of both.

This is an incredible read, and the anthology itself is an amazing jumpstart for reading women of colour - both the authors writing and the authors they mention! Recommended!

SO SAD, SO GOOD. I read this aloud and I had to stop and say "THIS PARAGRAPH IS AMAZING." Bradbury captures loneliness perfectly in this short story.

When I first read this in high school, it was part of a collection of short stories (first published in 1991, I think), I believe. This was the first moment I felt like someone explained what was happening in my head when I was embarrassed. It's been one of my favourite short stories ever since.

An illustrated book for adults about a lot pet and the waves of grief. Absolutely beautiful. Highly recommended.

I really enjoyed Benner's discussion of the false self and experiencing God in order to truly know oneself (our "knownness" rests in the midst of knowing God.). This book was timely for me, and I hope to own it someday.

An unfortunate title about a book that is more about exploring and releasing past hurts and doing inner child work. This book holds a practical starting point for inner child work, why we've done what we've done over the years, and reparenting ourselves (something we all have to do eventually, no matter what one's upbringing might've been) and allowing our true self to shine. A decent portion of the book is dedicated to visualization exercises and journaling prompts, which is helpful. There are sections that are little dated, but it's a good starting point.