HBF

A cheeky, perfectly paced, delight of a book.

The perfect book to read while reflecting on the past year and looking forward to the next. Underlines on underlines on underlines.

Picked up an elementary school fave to see if it would get me out of a little reading slump and found myself weepy in the same way I was on my sixth grade carpet square

“But I do not believe the acts of oppressors are my people's shame. For me, that my people became, created, and imagined from a position of unfreedom is a source of deep pride, not shame. I hope you learn that too. What better evidence of human beauty and resilience could there be?”

A beautiful, striking, loving, brutal letter from a Black mother to her Black sons on growing up and living in America.

A new favorite. There's nothing I admire more than a writer who strikes the perfect balance of honesty, vulnerability, bluntness, and wisdom in a piece of writing. A true, true must-read.