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[SNIPPETS] This Year’s Literary Pulitzers Were Meaningfully Diverse

An image of the front and back of the coin-shaped Pulitzer Prize

For a lot of reasons, I’m finding it very hard to care about certain things this year. Literary prizes, media awards ceremonies, and celebrity gossip have all lost their luster, and I didn’t often enjoy the shine on them to begin with. So I haven’t paid much attention to this year’s Pulitzers or any ofContinue reading “[SNIPPETS] This Year’s Literary Pulitzers Were Meaningfully Diverse”

Last Week In Books: So Many Good Things Coming In 2024

A cute black girl with a fluffy afro holds a tall stack of books in a library.

Hello, fellow readers! 2024 is well and truly underway, which means there are many, many new reasons to expand our #tbr piles. Here’s my contribution to helping you keep those piles diverse! I used to be a regular attendee at the Seoul Book and Culture Club, a monthly chance for English speakers in Korea toContinue reading “Last Week In Books: So Many Good Things Coming In 2024”

Last Year In Books: Words I Adored In 2023

A collage of the 5 books I adored this year

(Purchase these and other books I read this year here.) 2024 is only fourteen days away. In a total departure from the near-panic of previous years, I think I’m totally ready for it. I do hear that there’s this thing called Christmas sometime in between now and the new year that I’m not at allContinue reading “Last Year In Books: Words I Adored In 2023”

Last Week In Books: Support Black Writers, Asian Bookstores and Palestinian Libraries

A photo of a hijabi in a bookstore, standing in front of a shelf reading a paperback.

Fellow readers! Welcome to this week’s round up of diverse bookish news across genres. Info about diverse writers is becoming even more thin on the ground, which has increased my resolve to keep up with these posts as often as I can. Then again, it is the Blah time before winter solstice and for someContinue reading “Last Week In Books: Support Black Writers, Asian Bookstores and Palestinian Libraries”

Last Week In Books: Yes, That’s My Real Voice

The face of writer Melissa A Watkins, surrounded by the crumpled pages of writing drafts and musical scores. The image is titled "Artist Portrait No. 25: Melissa Watkins"

Fellow readers! Didya miss me? Whether or not you did, here I am again with one of my intermittent news updates covering the world of diverse books and diverse readers. Let’s jump right in! Last summer I attended the Prague Summer Writer’s Program and while there, met an opera singer with a podcast on whatContinue reading “Last Week In Books: Yes, That’s My Real Voice”

[LAST WEEK IN BOOKS]Biracials, Book Bans, and Billionaires

A flat lay photo of a white t-shirt with a bright LGBTQ+ rainbow and the caption "Take a Look, It's in a...Oh wait, you banned it!" printed on it.

Look what I’ve had time to do for the first time in ages! Diverse book news is still thinning on the ground, but because this is reality and not a trend, here’s some links to keep us all up to date; The first one is entirely selfish–I’ve updated the About Me page of this siteContinue reading “[LAST WEEK IN BOOKS]Biracials, Book Bans, and Billionaires”

Last Week In Books: What is Diversity, Really?

A woman in chunky box braids sitting on the floor while reading a book

Let’s just get right to the bookish news for this week. This report on the state of diversity in publishing came out a month ago, but is forever relevant when it comes to this blog.[Book Riot] Speaking of diversity, however, I found myself very pleasantly challenged by fellow Bookstagrammer desibookaunty‘s question “Why do we stillContinue reading “Last Week In Books: What is Diversity, Really?”

Last Week In Books: Oh, Bother?

Winnie the Pooh stares moodily through the blinds

Two months into the year and the drama in the book world is legion, beautiful people. I’m working on a mega-roundup of it all for next week’s LWIB, but this week, let’s focus on a few of the nicer things to read and one very weird Winnie the Pooh reboot. I’m on BookTok. I don’tContinue reading “Last Week In Books: Oh, Bother?”

Last Week In Books: Roald Dahl, Many Migrations, and Stop Sending Me That Pedro Pascal Bookshelf Picture

A young Black woman with a big afro and bright yellow eyeshadow sits in a cozy corner,reading a hardcover book.

Greetings, fellow readers. I spent President’s Day weekend at Boskone 60, where I spent a significant amount of time cursing both my forgetfulness and my commitment to ebooks. This is because I met both Nalo Hopkinson and Andrea Hairston(if you don’t know who they are–I have a booklist or two for you). I forgot myContinue reading “Last Week In Books: Roald Dahl, Many Migrations, and Stop Sending Me That Pedro Pascal Bookshelf Picture”

[LAST WEEK IN BOOKS] Love, Immigration, and Leave Prince Harry Alone

So last week I posted a review of Prince Harry’s memoir Spare and it’s attracted a whole new spate of fellow readers. Welcome! It’s also attracted a lot of people with nothing better to do than post nasty comments about people so famous they’ll never meet either of us, and to those folks I say;Continue reading “[LAST WEEK IN BOOKS] Love, Immigration, and Leave Prince Harry Alone”