Racial Identity and the Meaning of “Home” in “Africaville” – Chicago Review of Books

Racial Identity and the Meaning of “Home” in “Africaville” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Jeffrey Colvin’s absorbing debut, Africaville, follows three generations of the Sebolt family, from 1930s Africaville, an historically Black community in Nova Scotia, to the politically tumultuous American Deep South of the 1980s. This beautiful novel is, on the one hand, a family saga filled with hardship and triumph, but as we watch each generation … Read more

The Read it Forward Editors Share Their 2020 Summer Reads

The Read it Forward Editors Share Their 2020 Summer Reads

[ad_1] We must admit: reading has happened in spurts for us over these difficult past few months. Sometimes, we read a lot (like all-the-time-can’t-put-a-book-down) and other times, we can barely read at all (seriously, where did our attention spans go?). But summer has us excited to read—maybe it’s the warm weather and sunshine that’s got … Read more

The Ones Who Look | Tor.com

The Ones Who Look | Tor.com

[ad_1] Ethical Empire built the gate to heaven, and their employees hold the keys. By offering custom-built afterlives through full-brain uploads, they answered the needs of a society pushed to the brink by climate change and cascading antibiotic failure. But for Zoe, who works daily to assess the sins of users and decide who’s worthy … Read more

Excerpt Alert: STORMBREAK by Natalie C. Parker

Excerpt Alert: STORMBREAK by Natalie C. Parker

[ad_1]   June may be coming to an end, but we are looking forward to continuing to #ReadPrideAndBeyond all year long with upcoming spectacular 2020 reads. And we’re sharing an excerpt today from one of them! Stormbreak by Natalie C. Parker is the epic conclusion to the Seafire trilogy, applauded by Tor.com for celebrating “sisterhood and queernormativity in the … Read more

The Benefit of Book Clubs When Combating Loneliness |

The Benefit of Book Clubs When Combating Loneliness |

[ad_1] The stereotypic image of a book club, perpetuated by the 2018 movie starring Jane Fonda and Candice Bergen, involves women sipping chardonnay in front of a cheese plate gossiping about their love lives with the occasional reference to the book of the month. When wine can’t be shared and book clubs are more likely … Read more

Scary Summer Books to Read This Season |

Scary Summer Books to Read This Season |

[ad_1] Sometimes, we need a scary read. Why do we love them? Well for one, “when we get scared, we experience a rush of adrenaline and a release of endorphins and dopamine.” So, it makes us feel good. Also, curiosity makes us want to experience things that we’ve never seen (or read) before—dark, wild things. Weird, … Read more

BrownMark – Chicago Review of Books

BrownMark – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] BrownMark has been holding it down for four decades. The artist formerly known as Mark Brown first came to prominence right out of high school playing bass with Prince and the Revolution from 1981 to 1986, touring the world and making key contributions to beloved singles and album tracks. An architect of what has become known … Read more