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Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology by Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas and LLC Ashwin Writing

April 29, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology by Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas and LLC Ashwin Writing (photographer) is getting a lot of press. It will get a lot of awards and a lot more attention before things are said and done. And it deserves all and everything it gets. It is a very lovely collection of poems. We have contemporary poets and classical ones, too. You will know some of the poems and others will […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: African American & Black, Amber McBride, Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas and LLC Ashwin Writing, classics, contmpoary, diversity, Erica Martin, folklore, LLC Ashwin Writing, Own voices, Social Themes, Taylor Byas

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:224 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: African American & Black, Amber McBride, Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas and LLC Ashwin Writing, classics, contmpoary, diversity, Erica Martin, folklore, LLC Ashwin Writing, Own voices, Social Themes, Taylor Byas ·
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Crossing paths

Me: Moth by Amber McBride

September 11, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I took a roundabout path to read Me: Moth by Amber McBride. I had reader copies (mostly online) and then saw the final book was out (losing all my reader copies). I then happened to see the book on a shelf at work, but then noticed it was at my library and since I was not sure if I really wanted to read it, I took it out of the library.  It took so long for me to finally get a copy and read that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: African American & Black, Amber McBride, Death, diversity, family, friendship, Heritage, Multigenerational, Native American, Native peoples, Navajo

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:440 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: African American & Black, Amber McBride, Death, diversity, family, friendship, Heritage, Multigenerational, Native American, Native peoples, Navajo ·
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