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Review: Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies

Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies is a collection of essays co-edited by Colin Kaepernick and published through his press. This collection was very much compiled in response to the recent push back against CRT courses, as well as the atrocious state of education in Florida where Governor DeSantis and… Continue reading Review: Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies

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Review: The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson begins in 1730 with seven-year-old Red, daughter of a cunning man, as they travel the Cornish countryside telling fortunes. Red is knowledgeable of the mystical "Square of Sevens," a type of tarot card fortune telling using playing cards. But when Red's father dies and she is taken in… Continue reading Review: The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

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Review: The Wounded World – W.E.B Du Bois & The First World War by Chad L. Williams

The Wounded World: W.E.B. Du Bois and The First World War by Chad L. Williams is a tome of invaluable knowledge concerning America's race relations before, during, and after WWI. Williams' book focuses on the saga of Du Bois' life work in creating The Black Man and the Wounded Wolrd, an account of the experiences… Continue reading Review: The Wounded World – W.E.B Du Bois & The First World War by Chad L. Williams

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Review: The Flight of Anja by Tamara Goranson

The Flight of Anja by Tamara Goranson, book 2 in the Vinland Viking Saga, is the sequel to The Voyage of Freydis. Anja Freydisdottir, daughter of Beothuk hunter Achak and Greenlander Freydis, comes of age on Greenland's shores without ever knowing the truth of her parentage and birth. Anja believes Freydis is her adopted mother,… Continue reading Review: The Flight of Anja by Tamara Goranson

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Review: The Fascination by Essie Fox

The Fascination by Essie Fox follows twins Keziah and Tilly Lovell in Victorian England. Identical in countenance, except Tilly stopped growing as a child. Marketed as a traveling "freakshow" by their own abusive father to sell his snake oil cure-all, the twins soon draw the attention of the mysterious Captain and the curious Theo Seabrook.… Continue reading Review: The Fascination by Essie Fox

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Review: Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee

Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee is set in 1620 in Lancashire and follows Sarah, a young woman from an outcast and destitute family known for their "cunning." Each woman in her family is marked by the devil, has a familiar, and has knowledge of herblore to make and sell remedies to the nearby village that… Continue reading Review: Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee

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Review: The voyage of Freydis by Tamara Goranson

The Voyage of Freydis by Tamara Goranson is a retelling of the Viking age Icelandic Saga about Freydis Eiriksdottir, daughter of Eirik and sister of Leif. Goranson positions Freydis in a loveless, physically and emotionally abusive marriage with the powerful landowner Thorvald in Gardar, Greenland. The depictions of abuse, both mental and physical, are explicit.… Continue reading Review: The voyage of Freydis by Tamara Goranson