Mahogany L Browne
1) Vinyl moon
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 9-12 2023
Tayshas List 2023 (Gr. 9+)
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 9-12 2023
Tayshas List 2023 (Gr. 9+)
Description
"A teen girl reeling from the scars of a past relationship finds healing and hope in the words of strong Black writers and the new community she builds in Brooklyn, New York"--
2) Woke baby
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
ALA Black Lives Matter, Black Literature Matters - Comics Reading List 2022
Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Description
"For all the littlest progressives, waking up to seize a new day of justice and activism. Woke babies are up early. Woke babies raise their fists in the air. Woke babies cry out for justice. Woke babies grow up to change the world. This lyrical and empowering book is both a celebration of what it means to be a baby and what it means to be woke. With bright playful art, Woke Baby is an anthem of hope in a world where the only limit to a skyscrapper...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The long form poem is a practice of poetics in joy, gratitude, sadness, resilience and pain. This literary work serves as a practice of self-reflection and accountability in the wake of the prison system. This poem is dirge work acknowledging unjust atrocities, but reveling in our human resilience.
5) Chlorine sky
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Picked on at home, criticized for talking trash while beating boys at basketball, and always seen as less than her best friend, a girl struggles to like and accept herself.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"At once a searing indictment of a racist, patriarchal society and a manual for claiming an intersectional identity, Sister Outsider is a comprehensive collection of the lauded poet and writer Audre Lorde's most famous and influential works of nonfiction prose. Sister Outsider depicts the idea of "difference"--whether through race, gender, or sexuality--as a powerful tool for empowerment that can be used as a catalyst for change. Throughout the fifteen...