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Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happy Ever Afters

Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happy Ever Afters

A collection of essays about the consumption of romance media and the Black experience

2022

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Introducing Black Love Matters — Book and Media Reviews

I’m gonna do it.

Feb 24, 2022

Image: purple background with black script that says Black Love Matters and white script that says “book and media reviews”

Feb 24, 2022

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Review: LAWMEN: BASS REEVES and a love for the ages

The love story in Lawmen: Bass Reeves might not have been at its center, but it was one of its golden moments.

Dec 19, 2023

David Oyelowo and Lauren E. Banks as Bass and Jennie Reeves. He sits in a rocking chair while she stands beside him, holding his hand. They are on a porch, and the plains spread behind the fence in the foreground.

Dec 19, 2023

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Shop Your Shelves Bingo and the Big Decision

Sometimes, all you need is a little push to start a big project.

Nov 11, 2022

Shop Your Shelves Bingo and the Big Decision

Nov 11, 2022

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Review: BLACKOUT by A Lot Of People

I am so glad I picked Blackout for my book club.

Jul 23, 2022

Cover of Blackout.

Jul 23, 2022

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I am (surprisingly) not my hair

I went out bald today, and it wasn’t the end of the world.

May 28, 2022

selfie of a light skinned Black woman in a car. She is looking at the camera with a blank expression. Her head is bald, and she’s wearing a hoodie that appears to have a red, brown, and gray pattern in the style of women’s armor.

May 28, 2022

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Review: FADED by Lisa B. Trinidad

I most recently came across Faded after asking about romances by authors of color with a bookstore setting on Twitter, as it was the next…

Mar 5, 2022

Cover of Faded by Lisa B. Trinidad. Photo of a Black man in a hoodie and denim jacket with his arm over his head. Title and author text.

Mar 5, 2022

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Mary J. Blige Told Me to Be Vocal About My Boobs

Okay so she didn’t say anything to me, personally. But Black folks need to be thinking about breast cancer.

Feb 25, 2022

Photograph of a large doctor’s office with Mary J. Blige sitting in the foreground and body/breast imaging on the wall.

Feb 25, 2022

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A Choral Singer’s Lament

I miss singing.

Oct 10, 2021

A Choral Singer’s Lament

Oct 10, 2021

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Maintaining your internet personality when you’re dying inside

When it’s the only presence you’ve got, you stay the course, even as your body fights it.

Jul 23, 2021

Maintaining your internet personality when you’re dying inside

Jul 23, 2021

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When Your Comfort Food Is 2,000 Miles Away

An Ode to the DC Chicken Wing

Apr 9, 2020

Black woman sitting at an empty dining space staring thoughtfully into the distance.

Apr 9, 2020

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Jessica Pryde is a reader, writer, and librarian living in Southern Arizona. She writes about books and the weirdness of life.

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