Celebrating Black History, Black Excellence, and Black Joy Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the freedom of the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in Texas. The newly freed Black Americans observed Juneteenth as a celebration of freedom and its fulfillment. Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, is marked by celebrations, family gatherings, picnics, and readings of the Emancipation Proclamation as a measure of progress against freedom. As Juneteenth is an occasion for…
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///////////////Cross Country Reads
With the return of PBS’s Great American Read last week, we’re taking a trip across America—from Maine to California—with these great books! Maine by J.…
Read Fashionably
Catwalk into Fashion Week with these 10 fashionable fiction reads that have designer-worthy covers. House of Gold by Natasha Solomon From the New York Times…
Class Is In Session
Return to the halls of your high school and campus dorm rooms with these back to school reads. The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher The slings…
Pour Yourself a Glass of these Intoxicating Reads
Whether it’s a book with cocktail recipes or a story about happy hours—we’ll take these reads on the rocks, please. Drinks in Literature: Sweetbitter by…
SHARP OBJECTS Read-Alikes
If you’re watching—and loving—HBO’s Sharp Objects (like we are), you may be in need of some deliciously chilling entertainment for when the season ends. To…