Black Lives Matter. How we're going to do better. Plus books by black authors we're excited to read.

Books mentioned:

• Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye
• Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half
• Brandon Taylor, Real Life
• Claude McKay, Romance in Marseille
• James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room
• Octavia Butler, Kindred
• Samuel R. Delany, The Einstein Intersection
• N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became
• André Leon Talley, The Chiffon Trenches
• Rebecca Carroll, Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir
• Jasmine Guillory
• Alyssa Cole

Links:

• Molly Young on Romance in Marseille (Vulture)
• Jeremy O. Harris on Real Life (NYT)
• Rebecca Carroll on The Chiffon Trenches (NYT)
• The Bronx's Lit. Bar
• Black-owned bookstores
• Anti-Racism Resources

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