Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-RecoveryIn Sisters of the Yam, bell hooks reflects on the ways in which the emotional health of black women has been and continues to be impacted by sexism and racism. Desiring to create a context where black females could both work on their individual efforts for self actualization while remaining connected to a larger world of collective struggle, hooks articulates the link between self recovery and political resistance. Both an expression of the joy of

just back from a victorious but exhausting adventure in Alke

With her dreams at risk of falling through the cracks of her checklist

from politics

wears a hijab to school

and Opal Tometi--to the watershed moments that challenged people to take action

In this "exquisite" (Shelf Awareness) "affirming" (Kirkus)

Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are honest about the past and those that are not--that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history

an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne

she begins finding other unlikely survivors with little in common but the will to live

He’s convinced that she wields a certain “magic”

Award-winning author Tiffany D

and stars in the universe