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15 YA Romances by Black Authors

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Love is in the air! Okay, maybe that’s a bit much. But with less than two weeks until Valentine’s Day, we’ve compiled some amazing YA romances from Black authors to

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Bloodshed, Betrayal, and Bad Connections | Reacting to Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite! Dear Haiti, Love Alaine has been on my radar since its release in 2019. In anticipation for

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More Than a Hashtag | Value, Humanity, & Being ‘One of the Good Ones’

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for One of the Good Ones by Maika and Maritza Moulite!  “She was mine before she was anyone else’s. All mine. Partly mine. Now she belongs to

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Forging the Future with Stories of the Past

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Without a crystal ball or time traveling machine, how can we envision the future? Well, while it may seem counterintuitive at first, the past is a pretty good place to

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The Magic in Verse Writing | Reacting to ‘Chlorine Sky’ by Mahogany L. Browne

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne; content warnings for the novel itself include a discussion of sexual assault, colorism, absent parent, mentions of drug usage, and violence. 

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Reality Television, Astronauts, & Star-Crossed Love | Reacting to ‘The Gravity of Us’ by Phil Stamper

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Gravity of Us (2020, Bloomsbury YA) by Phil Stamper, which has discussions of  death, an airplane accident, depression, and anxiety.  Phil Stamper’s YA contemporary debut

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