...But Make It Books

This week we get to take a little nap with …But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss a manifesto of rest, generational forms of rest, grind culture and the necessity of communion.

Books Discussed:

Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

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We’re half way through the year with …But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss book goal updates, TBR hopefuls, favorite reads thus far, and which Russell starred in Gladiator.

Books Discussed:

Black Cake by Charmaine WIlkerson

Glory by Noviolet Bulawayo

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

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Walking down the aisle to another episode of …But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss one of their favorite novels, sustainable love, the Prison Industrial Complex’s effect on marriage, and non-negotiable wedding elements.

Books Discussed:

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Caste: The Origins of our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson

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Welcome to another episode of ...But Make it books. Niccara and Brandon discuss ambitious behavior, effects of the workplace, their coffee orders and shout out New York.

Books Discussed . . . 

Black Buck Mateo Askaripour

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 It’s time to suit up for another episode of …But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss the spell of racism, their monster hunting specialty, the weaponization of truth, and what villains actually made good points.

Books Discussed:

Ring Shout by P. Jeli Clark

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We’re back with another episode of …But Make it Books! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss what makes a memoir, who can write them, the validity of personal history, and what they are going to have for lunch.

Books Discussed:

Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onuwachi

Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

Will by Will Smith

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey

You can find all these books available at Charm City Books! Just follow this link to the collection!

Episode 5 of …But Make it Books is here! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss the revolutionary act of Black Love, the Romance genre, why we all should read more Black love stories, and ask "What is love?".

Books Discussed:

Waiting to Exhale by Terry 

Seven Days in June

Wedding Date Series 

You Had Me At Hola

Take A Hint, Danni Brown

The Death of Vivek Oji

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Title: America the Beautiful...

In this episode, Niccara and Brandon discuss the battles of living under the American system, the power of love and family, the imagery of the American Dream using Patricia Engel’s novel ‘Infinite Country’.

Listen in - and remember to keep bookishly healing through life.

Reading List:

Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughs 

Ring Shout By P. Djèlí Clark 

The 1619 Project created by Nikole Hannah-Jones

Niccara and Brandon discuss why books are banned, the power of control, the books that  should be banned, and how children are the future, in everyone’s eyes.

Books Discussed:

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

Notable links to sources you’ll hear:

https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5

Episode 2 of …But Make it Books is here! Join Niccara and Brandon as they discuss survival, the difference between survival and healing, Richmond geography, and relatable lessons in a classic Black comedy.

Books Discussed:

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

You made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Awake Emezi

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