Jam on the Vine
9 best books like Jam on the Vine (LaShonda Katrice Barnett): Freshwater, The Gods of Tango, Sugar, Breath, Eyes, Memory, Gathering of Waters, Claire of the Sea Light, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me, 1919
| Author | Akwaeke Emezi |
| ISBN | 0802127355 |
An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born "with one foot on the other side." Unsettling, heartwrenching, dark, and powerful,...
| Author | Carolina De Robertis |
From one of the leading lights of contemporary Latin American literature—a lush, lyrical, deeply moving story of a young woman whose passion for the early sounds of tango becomes a force of profound and unexpected change.
February 1913: seventeen-year-old Leda, carrying only a small...
| Author | Bernice L. McFadden |
| ISBN | 0452282209 |
"Strong and folksy storytelling...think Zora Neale Hurston...Sugar speaks of what is real." --The Dallas Morning NewsFrom an exciting new voice in African-American contemporary fiction comes a novel Ebony praised for its "unforgettable images, unique characters, and moving story that keeps...
At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new novelists, a writer who evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti--and the enduring strength of Haiti's women--with a vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people's...
| Author | Bernice L. McFadden |
Gathering of Waters is a deeply engrossing tale narrated by the town of Money, Mississippi--a site both significant and infamous in our collective story as a nation. Money is personified in this haunting story, which chronicles its troubled history following the arrival of the Hilson and Bryant...
A stunning work of fiction that brings us deep into the intertwined lives of a small seaside town where a little girl, the daughter of a fisherman, has gone missing.
From the best-selling author of Brother, I'm Dying and The Dew Breaker: a stunning new work of fiction that brings us deep into the...
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
| Author | Glory Edim |
| ISBN | 0525619771 |
An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular book club Well-Read Black Girl, on the importance of recognizing ourselves in literature.
Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That...
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me
| Author | Keah Brown |
| ISBN | 1982100540 |
From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America.
Keah Brown loves herself, but that hadn’t always...
| Author | Eve L. Ewing |
| ISBN | 1608465985 |
Poetic reflections on race, class, violence, segregation, and the hidden histories that shape our divided urban landscapes.
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots that comprised the “Red Summer” of violence across the nation’s cities, is an event that has shaped...
