This month, we’re sharing banned books we love in honor of Banned Books Week! AMANDA’S PICK: THE TALK BY DARRIN BELL This is a graphic memoir by a Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning that offers a deeply personal meditation on the “the talk” parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality […]
Tag: African American fiction
New E-galleys (5/18/20)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were added to Edelweiss last week for your downloading pleasure: BLACKTOP WASTELAND by S. A. Cosby A gritty, voice-driven thriller about a former getaway driver who thought he had escaped the criminal life who is pulled back in by race, poverty, and his own […]
A Letter to Librarians from S.A. Cosby
S.A. Cosby’s BLACKTOP WASTELAND is a gritty, voice-driven thriller about a former getaway driver who thought he had escaped the criminal life who is pulled back in by race, poverty, and his own former life of crime. Like Ocean’s Eleven meets Drive (but with a mostly black cast of characters), BLACKTOP WASTELAND is a searing, […]
Library Journal’s Best Books of 2016
Library Journal‘s Best Books of 2016 list includes these eight Macmillan titles: Top Ten Books of 2016 IN THE DARKROOM by Susan Faludi African American Fiction DIAMONDS AND PEARL by K’wan Mystery APRICOT’S REVENGE by Song Ying Thrillers THE ONE MAN by Andrew Gross SAY NO MORE by Hank Phillippi Ryan SF/Fantasy EVERY HEART A […]
Street Lit for Your Shelves
Drama, mystery, romance, and more abound in these new and forthcoming urban fiction titles: THE CARTEL 6: THE DEMISE by Ashley & JaQuavis The Cartel’s plan to open a casino will rake in cash, but comes with great sacrifice: a dead girl, a scorned wife, traitors, and one hole in the desert will launch a […]
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