Archive - The Busy Black Bookworm Newsletter

interiority, the need for instant "payoff" in entertainment, and the shifting of literature over time

Aug 18, 2023 •

May 2023

Read What Makes You Happy. Or Don't.

On media literacy, thinking critically, and how we can all do a little bit better.

May 26, 2023 •

On the Liminality of Loss

Someday, Maybe is a stirring, meditative debut that examines grief at close range.

May 12, 2023 •

April 2023

April in Review

Independent Bookstore Day, fresh book recs, and what I'm looking forward to.

Apr 28, 2023 •

March 2023

Regardless of whether the flowers are already blossoming where you are, here's some books to bring you some early spring cheer.

Mar 31, 2023 •

On Preserving the Black Spirit in Academia

J.K. Chukwu's impressive debut considers the ways in which the so-called Ivory Tower grinds down Black women—and how, if at all, we can fight back.

Mar 17, 2023 •

February 2023

Books to Brighten Your February

A bit about me, a word on Black books, a few works that have been on my mind this month

Feb 24, 2023 •

January 2023

This is The Busy Black Bookworm Newsletter, where I talk (read: rant) about all things bookish!

Jan 29, 2023 •

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