Juneteenth Reading List: Stories of Freedom, Resistance, and Black Joy

Celebrate Juneteenth with these powerful books by Black authors. Fiction and nonfiction picks to honor Black history, joy, and resistance.

Can’t-Miss Films About Libraries, Banned Books, and Black Librarians

Four powerful library documentaries are debuting at ALA Annual 2025—and I can’t wait to watch them, especially Are You a Librarian?, once they’re publicly available.

Ring Shout: Book Review

A short, powerful review of Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark. This supernatural horror novella blends Gullah tradition, demon-hunting, and Black resistance in 1920s Georgia.

Black Hamptons 2: Book Review

A follow-up to Black Hamptons, this review of Book 2 covers the slow pacing, lack of drama, audiobook narration issues, and what I’m hoping to see in the next installment.