Getting Lit This Black Girl Reads
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a monthly show of book reviews & recommendations to help you diversify your bookshelf, and find your next favourite read.
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EP 11 - All the LIT Books From 2022 & All the LIT Books Coming Out in 2023 With Guest Hosts 2TReads
Today we’re talking about all the books we loved in 2022 and all the books coming out in 2023 that you should add to your list; and our book club pick of the Month Kindred by Octavia Butler.
Books Discussed in this Episode:
When We Were Birds Before I Let Go Kekeyi Cemetery Boys People Person Border Zone Legendborn Take My Hand Zo and the Forest of Secrets These Impossible Honor River Mumma You are Watching From the Sand Maame Blood Debts Black Candle Women Delicious Monster The God of Good Looks The Gospel According to the New World Crook Manifesto Drinking from Graveyard Wells River Sing me Home The Last Tale of the Flower God Kindred -
Ep 10 - All the LIT Books Coming Out in September
Today we’re talking about all the books coming out in September that you should add to your list; and our book club pick of the Month Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo. Learn more here:
Books Discussed in this Episode:
The Two Lives of Sara by Catherine Adel West - https://amzn.to/3BgMZLa Drunk on Love Paperback – Sep 20 - https://amzn.to/3RiUqY9 The Attic Child by Lola Jaye - Sep 6 - https://amzn.to/3KRt5JZ Where We End & Begin by Jane Igharo - Sep 27 - https://amzn.to/3Bh730i The Weight of Blood by Tiffany Jackson - Sep 6 - https://amzn.to/3TGwkIi -
EP 9 - All the LIT books Coming Out in March & Telling Black Canadian Stories a Discussion
Today we’re talking about all the books coming out in March, that you should add to your list and discussing telling Black Canadian stories with three amazing Canadian storytellers Greg Frankson, Dr. Valerie Mason-John and Andrea Thompson. We also chat about our book of the month, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.
Books Discussed on this episode:
Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett - https://amzn.to/3sYIHEa
Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys - https://amzn.to/3hTpg9A
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir - https://amzn.to/3t9tr7P
The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories by Ladee Hubbard - https://amzn.to/3pTCDuR
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EP 8 - All the Lit Books Coming Out in January & Getting Lit With Tochi Onyebuchi
Today we’re talking about all the books coming out in January, that you should add to your list and we're Getting Lit With Tochi Onyebuchi as we discuss his new book Goliath and of course, all things lit.
Books Discussed on this Episode:
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González - January 4, 2022. https://amzn.to/3JBUPkL You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays by Zora Neale Hurston - January 18th, 2022 - https://amzn.to/31h344B Wahala by Nikki May - January 11th - https://amzn.to/32RdNDk Manifesto: On Never Giving Up by Bernardine Evaristo - January 18, 2022. - https://amzn.to/3eJP7iy Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn - January 18th, 2022 - https://amzn.to/3eJfsNY -
Ep 7 - All the LIT Books Coming Out in November
Hey, ya’ll welcome to this month’s episode of Gettin’ Lit a monthly podcast dedicated to diverse books coming out for the month. Today we’re going to be talking about diverse books coming out in November that you should add to your list and we speak with Anti-Racist Educator and Founder of The BIPOC Bookcase, Liz Folarin.
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Books Discussed on this Episode
1. Entertaining Race by Michael Eric Dyson - November 2
https://amzn.to/3q4AbT1
2. Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora - https://amzn.to/3CL4QIM
3. Single Black Female by Tracy Brown - https://amzn.to/3CO64CT
4. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen -https://amzn.to/2YeR2Hg
5. The Hookup Dilemma by Constance Gillam - https://amzn.to/3GNokPr
6. The Teller of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon - https://amzn.to/3GTJICo
Thanks for getting lit with me today! Remember if you’re reading what everyone else is reading then you’ll probably think the way everyone else is thinking. -
Ep 6 - All the LIT Books Coming Out in July
Hey diverse book lovers, welcome to this month’s episode of Gettin’ Lit a monthly podcast dedicated to highlighting the diverse lit coming out for the month. Today we’re going to be talking about all the books coming out in July, that you should add to your list.
On this episode we look at, A book about finding true love with the help of an app, a historical fiction that brings to life a forgotten shero, a magical realism tale that takes us to Vietnam, an essay collection that looks a race, class, and gender, a book about Canadian Blackness and what it means, and a multicultural retelling of Pride and Prejudice.
Have We Met? By Camille Baker - July 1st - https://amzn.to/3xCdsif Island Queen by Vanessa Riley - July 6 - https://amzn.to/2UFTB32 Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith - July 6 - https://amzn.to/3yRiojp Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body by Savala Nolan - July 13 - https://amzn.to/3AZYxAA Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev - July 6 - https://amzn.to/2U6vSJh Black Like Who? By Ronaldo Walcott - July 15 - https://amzn.to/3i8AVkm Shoutout to East End Arts for featuring me in their July issue. Check it out here
Thanks for getting lit with me today! Remember if you’re reading what everyone else is reading then you’ll probably think the way everyone else is thinking.