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'You see, there’s something about being verbally naked that terrifies me so, and, even as I stand here in the literary nude, I remain mortified.' Lauren Rae, author of LOVE, WINE, AND OTHER HIGHS, wrote about her writing journey! https://t.co/WpG54fcOvt

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'Throughout the novel, Shree has explored the questions: what exactly is a border? What does it constitute? Who does it constrain, and how might it liberate?' Read Alex's essay on the role of doors in Geetanjali Shree’s TOMB OF SAND https://t.co/I85pceC1PM

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'With each new story Dima Alzayat is able to tap into what it truly feels like to be different, yet also highlights the human urge to desperately belong to something.' Read Kim's review of ALLIGATOR AND OTHER STORIES by Dima Alzayat https://t.co/1gz4Fh2syR

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How to write a historical fiction novel: A step-by-step guide by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of TAKE MY HAND https://t.co/THmSxNPPwH

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'Are you attached to a book as a physical object? You may have an ideal concept of what it looks like drawn from memories, from your flushed, steady devotion. As I read my copy of Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid I thought, "This is mine."' https://t.co/HKpc7ta7uD

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‘I am in awe of June Jordan’s work and I wholeheartedly would recommend this collection to any poetry lover and anyone who is willing to give poetry a try.’ Billi reviewed THE ESSENTIAL JUNE JORDAN https://t.co/KAPvNBJHyI

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‘Literature uplifts the little-known stories of those who lived (and continue to live) in liminal spaces between entrenched racial norms around what a person should look like.’ Sarraounia reviewed Nella Larsen’s classic PASSING https://t.co/Md2KJhmwww

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‘This is a collection of eleven stories where human want and error is realised with tenderness and death thrums just as tangibly as life for our complex Black protagonists’ Jo reviews MILK BLOOD HEAT by Dantiel W. Moniz https://t.co/BLfr6zWIn4

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‘A lot of my writing comes from places of anger and sadness. I think those make the strongest poems.’ Monika Radojevic spoke to Bad Form about TEETH IN THE BACK OF MY NECK https://t.co/snUhp3tvP5

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‘What if I just considered all these modes of Black performance without honing in specifically on what could be taken or extracted from it?’ Read Sophie’s interview with Hanif Abdurraqib about his book A LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICA https://t.co/EsUzja2h2L

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