A Statement on FIYAH Reviews from Brent Lambert
I find myself ripping off a lot of band-aids lately but I guess that’s par the course when life changes. You can’t control where it takes you and sometimes you hold on to things a little longer than you should. That was the case with me and being FIYAH’s Reviews Editors. It is a position […]
We Can Talk about Books Too: A Statement of Intent
Thinking critically about stories probably came along only seconds after the first one was told. People have no shortage of thoughts and feelings about the endless stories humanity has to offer. But in publishing, we noticed a group of voices not getting much room to talk. A short time ago, Dhonielle Clayton pointed out the […]
Five Reasons that TWELVE DAYS is a boss novel.
Blackness that doesn’t have to apologize or explain itself – So often in media (yes, even still in 2017), black characters are expected to justify their existence in a narrative. We have to be black for a “reason” or its pandering. Or it’s unnecessary. Or it takes away from the story. The list goes on […]
