{"id":1228,"date":"2017-08-28T14:09:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T14:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2023-07-21T22:42:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:42:16","slug":"new-literature-black-women-add-reading-list-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/new-literature-black-women-add-reading-list-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"New Literature By Black Women To Add To Your Reading List This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With summer nearing an end, we\u2019re packing away our beach reads and curling up by the campfire with these new and upcoming works of literature by Black women authors. From timely literary essays to lyrical prose and short stories, here are five diverse books to add to your reading list.<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> What We Lose<\/em> by Zinzi Clemmons<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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What We Lose<\/em> is Zinzi Clemmons\u2019 compelling debut novel about grief, identity, and acceptance. <\/em>It follows Thandi, a young African-American woman struggling to transition into adulthood and accept the death of her mother. The novel focuses on both the past and the present, taking the reader on a remarkable, unsurpassed journey.<\/p>\n

Order here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Sing, Unburied, Sing<\/em> by Jesmyn Ward<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Release date: September 5th<\/sup>, 2017<\/p>\n

In Sing, Unburied, Sing, <\/em>Jesmyn Ward paints an intimate portrait of family, hope, and struggle through the viewpoint of a Mississippi family spanning three generations. In Ward\u2019s distinctive lyrical yet tough language, the novelist examines undeniable truths such as brutal racial tensions in the modern-day American South and the immense weight of history.<\/p>\n

Pre-order here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. The Origin of Others<\/em> by Toni Morrison<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Release date: September 18th<\/sup>, 2017<\/p>\n

In her latest literary analysis, Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrision reflects on themes including race, borders, fears, the desire for belonging, and more. Revised from her Norton Lectures at Harvard, The Origin of Others<\/em> includes six essays that consider how race is perceived, internalized, and culturally communicated.<\/p>\n

Pre-order here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4. What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky<\/em> by Lesley Nneka Arimah<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Lesley Nneka Arimah\u2019s remarkable debut collection of short stories explores the ties that connect parents and children, husbands and wives, and lovers and friends to one another. Using magical realism and sci-fi elements, Arimah\u2019s What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky<\/em> is sure to be a unique and compelling experience for readers.<\/p>\n

Order here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 5. Freshwater<\/em> by Akwaeke Emezi<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Release date: February 13th<\/sup>, 2018 (A winter special)<\/p>\n

The highly anticipated debut novel Freshwater<\/em> by Akwaeke Emezi inspects the surreal, unsettling experience of having a fractured self. Ada, a young Nigerian woman, develops distinct selves within her as a result of being born \u201cwith one foot on the other side.\u201d Told from the viewpoint of the various selves within Ada, and deeply related to Emezi\u2019s own experiences, Freshwater<\/em> <\/em>investigates identity and mental health, immersing the reader into the mystery of being.<\/p>\n

 <\/em>Pre-order here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With summer nearing an end, we\u2019re packing away our beach reads and curling up by the campfire with these new and upcoming works of literature by Black women authors. From timely literary essays to lyrical prose and short stories, here are five diverse books to add to your reading list. 1. What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}