Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely too much tea. She is a regular co-host on the All the Books podcast who especially loves mysteries, gothic lit, mythology/folklore, and all things witchy. Vanessa can be found on Instagram at @BuenosDiazSD or taking pictures of pretty trees in Portland, OR, where she now resides.
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Sourcebooks"A timely look at generations of trauma and inaction." - Bustle. For fans of Amanda Gorman’s The Hill We Climb and Morgan Parker’s There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé, comes a diverse poetry collection like no other. From two Black women of two different generations, I am The Rage provides insights that no think piece on racism can; putting readers in the unique position of feeling, reflecting, and facing what it means to be Black in America. Dr. Martina McGowan, a retired doctor and grandmother, uses powerful free verse poetry to express the range of emotions and thoughts she had following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests, giving readers a glimpse into an experience that may or may not mirror their own.
The List List is a weekly roundup of the best bookish lists!
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at Epic Reads: 21 of the Best Books to Read When You Need Some Fluff
at Lit Hub: Hurricanes, Cephalopods, and Human Ingenuity: Your Climate Readings for February
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at Reader’s Digest: 50 Best Historical Fiction Books of All Time
at Remezcla: Add These 10 Latine-Authored Books To Your 2021 Reading List
at Riveted Lit: Books That Take Place Over 24 Hours
at Shondaland: The 5 Best Rom-Com Novels for Valentine’s Day
at Tor.com: Five YA Fantasy Books Where Enemies Become Lovers