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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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The other side of the camera

Black Movie by Danez Smith

October 10, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

All I really can say is that, Black Movie by Danez Smith is not an easy read. Which really is an understatement. It needs to be read slowly and without distractions. And a reread could be helpful. This book, no matter how much you like poetry, will not be for everyone. You might empathize but you probably will not be able to relate to many subjects presented. Again; this is not an easy read. The format of the poems can be awkward. There is literally […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: African-American, Danez Smith, Death, grief, loss

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:420 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: African-American, Danez Smith, Death, grief, loss ·
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Black Lives Matter

Stay Woke by Tehama Lopez Bunyasi

September 12, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Please note this book will be released on September 24, 2019.  So I read this book a while back when I got it via NetGalley. I honestly just wasn’t in the mood to review it though. Not because it wasn’t a good primer about systematic racism and why black lives matter. But because I am just sick of justifying my existence to people out there. I don’t know […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: African-American, Candis Watts Smith, Race, Stay Woke, Tehama Lopez Bunyasi

Classic's CBR11 Review No:221 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: African-American, Candis Watts Smith, Race, Stay Woke, Tehama Lopez Bunyasi ·
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Emotional ride

Autopsy by Donte Collins

August 26, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#cbr11bingo #rainbowflag Autopsy is one of those poetry books that could be extremely controversial. Not only are the subject matters not easy to deal with (race, class, death, adoption, sexuality), these subjects are not easy to read. The other part of this is, if for some reason you are not 1000 percent “on board,” it could cause accusations of racism and bigotry. Therefore, this is not the first book to start with when you are starting out with a book of poetry. Therefore, this book […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: African-American, cbr11bingo, Death, Donte Collins, grief, lgbt, loss

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:333 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: African-American, cbr11bingo, Death, Donte Collins, grief, lgbt, loss ·
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With great power comes great responsibility

Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! by Kara West

August 16, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#cbr11bingo #Own Voices Even though (as an adult reading) I needed “more meat” to Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! this introduction to the Mia Mayhem series is a good start to a new superhero series for ages 6 to 8 (first/second grade). My review is from a reader copy from December 2018: I would like to see the full artwork of Leeza Hernandez as the cover and few images included have a great start/is a great teaser to what is to come. You come to learn […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: African-American, cbr11bingo, Kara West, Leeza Hernandez, superheroes

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:304 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: African-American, cbr11bingo, Kara West, Leeza Hernandez, superheroes ·
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Can You See Me America?

I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin

July 16, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

I heard about the movie, but had no idea there was a companion book to it.   “In his final years, Baldwin had envisioned a book about his three assassinated friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King. His deeply personal notes for the project have never been published before. Peck’s film uses them to jump through time, juxtaposing Baldwin’s private words with his public statements, in a blazing examination of the tragic history of race in America.” The writing, essays, the photos that […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: African-American, cbr11bingo, I Am Not Your Negro, James Baldwin, non fiction, Race

Classic's CBR11 Review No:168 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: African-American, cbr11bingo, I Am Not Your Negro, James Baldwin, non fiction, Race ·
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Life might not be basketball, but basketball can be Life

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

June 24, 2019 by BlackRaven 3 Comments

My goal this year was to read books I tend not to read. I was doing well but quickly fell back into my comfort zones. One being YA graphic novels. As far as I know, I have not read any Kwame Alexander novels. I might have read a short story or two, but that is it. Therefore, I have wanted to add him to my To Be Read List and figured a graphic novel was a good way. What it turned out to be was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: African-American, basketball, Bereavement, brothers, Dawud Anybwile, Death, family, grief, Kwame Alexander, Social Themes, Sports & Recreation, twins

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:239 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: African-American, basketball, Bereavement, brothers, Dawud Anybwile, Death, family, grief, Kwame Alexander, Social Themes, Sports & Recreation, twins ·
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