Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall || Book Review

January 13, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Informative, moving, and at times uncomfortable, Kendall’s series of essays explores the vastness of feminism in the modern day. In particular, Kendall explores the difficulties and injustices women of colour are faced with.

Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith || Book Review

March 19, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Award-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don’t Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men shot by police, a place where suspicion, violence, and grief are forgotten and replaced with the safety, love, and longevity they deserved […]

Build Yourself a Boat by Camonghne Felix || Book Review

February 13, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

This is about what grows through the wreckage. This is an anthem of survival and a look at what might come after. A view of what floats and what, ultimately, sustains. Build Yourself a Boat, an innovative debut by award-winning poet Camonghne Felix, interrogates generational trauma, the possibility of healing, and the messiness of survival. […]