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 Black VoicesDecember 2024 |
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Master of Me by Keke PalmerFrom an award-winning, multi-hyphenate global entertainer comes the true story of her journey to understanding her genuine value.
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Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane OliverFilled with unforgettable characters dealing with the dangers of Jim Crow racism, this powerful story collection paints incisive and intimate portraits of African American families in everyday moments of anxiety and crisis that look at how they use agency to navigate their predicaments.
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Growing Up Urkel by Jaleel WhiteA memoir by a noted icon of 90s television, the actor who portrayed Steve Urkel on the hit sitcom Family Matters.
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You Get What You Pay For by Morgan ParkerIn this memoir-in-essays, the author, weaving unflinching criticism with intimate anecdotes, examines America's cultural history and relationship to Black Americans through the ages, providing a deeper examination of racial consciousness and its effects on mental well-being today.
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The Black Utopians by Aaron RobertsonA lyrical meditation on how Black Americans have envisioned utopia—and sought to transform their lives.
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Amber Alert by Kiki SwinsonAn explosive portrait of Dirty South revenge, triple-dealing, and crimes of passion as a suburban mom's high-end criminal past comes back to haunt her, endangering her children—and propelling her into a high-stakes game she remembers all too well.
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The Only Black Girl in the Room by Alex TravisWhen Genevieve Francis, a 25 year-old Black reporter, finally gets the opportunity to cover a prominent CEO's gala, she leaps at the chance--this will be her biggest assignment to date. The only problem: The CEO is her ex, Jude, whose marriage proposal she publicly rejected four years prior. Gen soon realizes she's in way over her head, and it may be more than just her career on the line.
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Blessings by Chukwuebuka IbehOstracized for his love of another boy, Obiefuna navigates being banished to boarding school while his family grapples with his absence and they all face the potential repercussions of proposed legislation to outlaw same sex relationships in Nigeria.
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Pardon my Frenchie by Farrah RochonManaging her successful doggie daycare, taking care of her teen twin sisters and blowing up on social media, Ashanti, when the world's worst dog hater shows up, finds everything she's worked for hanging in the balance and must make nice with the infuriating man, learning a few new tricks about falling in love.
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Model Home by Rivers SolomonThe Maxwell siblings return to their childhood home in the Dallas suburbs after the shocking news of their parents' death. They return to find the house, and the family itself, haunted by strange, inexplicable terrors.
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Forsyth County Public Library
660 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336-703-2665forsythlibrary.org |
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