I practically devoured this book, I loved it. Charish Reid has a real knack for writing stories featuring people of color in higher education and their love stories. This book is another in that milieu, and it comes down hard on the University industrial complex which runs on the exploitation of its work force, especially its adjunct staff. The titular Mickey Chambers is one such adjunct, and we open the book with her finding out that she will only have one course for the […]
“The companionable silence they shared stuck to his bones and made him feel comfortable in his own skin. A feeling that was hard to let go of.”
Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up by Charish Reid
