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225 books

Emerald Street: A History of Hip Hop in Seattle by Daudi Abe, Sir Mix a Lot

Emerald Street: A History of Hip Hop in Seattle

Daudi Abe, Sir Mix a Lot

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction informative medium-paced
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

Kiese Laymon

146 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction essays memoir race emotional reflective medium-paced
Intimations by Zadie Smith

Intimations

Zadie Smith

97 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective medium-paced
The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience since the 1960s by Emily J. Lordi

The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience since the 1960s

Emily J. Lordi

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

268 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Bois Sauvage #2

Jesmyn Ward

261 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional sad tense medium-paced
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll by Maureen Mahon

Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll

Refiguring American Music

Maureen Mahon

408 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction history music informative reflective slow-paced
Dream Master: a Memoir: From the Stoop to the Stage to the Stars by Raheem Jarbo

Dream Master: a Memoir: From the Stoop to the Stage to the Stars

Raheem Jarbo

missing page info • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
informative reflective medium-paced
Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory by Deborah Paredez

Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory

Deborah Paredez

259 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction history emotional reflective medium-paced
Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year by Michaelangelo Matos

Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year

Michaelangelo Matos

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction music informative slow-paced