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reflection: Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant
Chinelo Ikem
  • May 21, 2021
  • 6 min

reflection: Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant

[i interviewed Elise Bryant about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram here.] ~book reflection~~some spoilers~ “My...
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reflection: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Chinelo Ikem
  • May 21, 2021
  • 6 min

reflection: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

[i interviewed Morgan Rogers about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram here.] ~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW:...
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reflection: Outlawed by Anna North
Chinelo Ikem
  • May 21, 2021
  • 5 min

reflection: Outlawed by Anna North

~book reflection~~spoilers~ “These VERY DANGEROUS CRIMINALS are known to harbor among them WITCHES and people of MIXED BREED, and to...
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reflection: The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
Chinelo Ikem
  • May 21, 2021
  • 6 min

reflection: The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

~book reflection~ TW: sexual assault “I choosy with who pain I feel,” Sarah said. “Some people pain is eternal. Some people worship they...
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reflection: The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
Chinelo Ikem
  • May 20, 2021
  • 5 min

reflection: The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson

[i interviewed Nancy Johnson about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram page.] ~book reflection~~spoilers~ “Somehow,...
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reflection: The Push by Ashley Audrain
Chinelo Ikem
  • May 20, 2021
  • 4 min

reflection: The Push by Ashley Audrain

~book reflection~~spoilers~ “Cecilia knew early on she wasn’t meant to be a mother. She could feel it in her bones as womanhood set in....
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reflection: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Chinelo Ikem
  • Feb 11, 2021
  • 4 min

reflection: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

~book reflection~~spoilers~ "There will always be those who urge you to war. Interrogate their objective. If you find that it is peace,...
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reflection: Memorial by Bryan Washington
Chinelo Ikem
  • Jan 31, 2021
  • 5 min

reflection: Memorial by Bryan Washington

~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: DV "That loving a person means letting them change when they need to. And letting them go when they need...
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review: The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
Chinelo Ikem
  • Jan 25, 2021
  • 5 min

review: The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: racial slurs "How do I tell people I barely know that I'm angry and sad, but also embarrassed? That I...
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reflection: Permission by Saskia Vogel
Chinelo Ikem
  • Jan 15, 2021
  • 4 min

reflection: Permission by Saskia Vogel

~book reflection~ TW: overt sexual themes, violence "I treated dating like it was my job. The men were easy fun. There was more to it, of...
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reflection: Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
Chinelo Ikem
  • Jan 3, 2021
  • 5 min

reflection: Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: sexual assault, drug addiction "The man publicly known as Korey Fields sold twenty million albums, toured...
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reflection: Red Pill by Hari Kunzru
Chinelo Ikem
  • Dec 25, 2020
  • 4 min

reflection: Red Pill by Hari Kunzru

~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: suicide "I think it is possible to track the onset of middle age exactly. It is the moment when you...
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reflection: Fifty Words For Rain by Asha Lemmie
Chinelo Ikem
  • Dec 15, 2020
  • 4 min

reflection: Fifty Words For Rain by Asha Lemmie

~book reflection~~major spoilers~ "It's obvious that you're half-caste," she said, lowering her voice to a chilling whisper. "At best....
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reflection: Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
Chinelo Ikem
  • Dec 14, 2020
  • 4 min

reflection: Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

~book reflection~~spoilers~ "The truth is, I would shave layers off my body if I knew I'd be lighter. In two more days, I could've been...
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reflection: Like A Bird by Fariha Róisín
Chinelo Ikem
  • Dec 14, 2020
  • 5 min

reflection: Like A Bird by Fariha Róisín

~book reflection~~major spoilers~ TW: suicide, sexual assault "Surely the violence that he had administered to me would be detectable in...
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reflection: Glitch Feminism by Legacy Russell
Chinelo Ikem
  • Dec 1, 2020
  • 4 min

reflection: Glitch Feminism by Legacy Russell

"Within glitch feminism, glitch is celebrated as a vehicle of refusal, a strategy of nonperformance...Glitch feminism urges us to...
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reflection: When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Chinelo Ikem
  • Dec 1, 2020
  • 5 min

reflection: When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

~some spoilers~ "What am I supposed to do?" I get up and pace. "I'm not walking into a police station and announcing there's an organized...
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