To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul by Tracy K. Smith

§  Mentioned:  Ordinary Light: A Memoir by Tracy K. Smith

This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets by Kwame Alexander

Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford

§  Mentioned: The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman’s Narrative by Gregg A. Hecimovich

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Nearer My Freedom:The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself by Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge

Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston

Big by Vashti Harrison

§  Mentioned: Little Leaders: Black Women in History by Vashti Harrison

The Eyes & The Impossible by Dave Eggers

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

§  Which we discussed in Reader’s Roundtable Episode 88

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

RUSA Book and Media Awards Announcement (including the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Non-Fiction):