Literature

The novel excels in the way it shifts focus from the individual and onto the relationship.

“It’s a collection about human beings and the struggle of being human even though we have only been human for 20 years or 18 years,” Laguide said in an interview with The Daily Californian.

Seigel feels that it's important for people to know that more than half of the Bay Area is composed of people of color and that it's crucial for BIPOC to get the opportunity to share their stories.

In her half-hour discussion with Capehart, Thomas explained her mission to humanize and normalize Black masculinity with “Concrete Rose.”

Along with paying acute attention to sound, Cameron continued to emphasize the significance of a method popularized in her early work — morning and evening pages.

Composed of just over 80 poems, “I Would Leave Me if I Could” is a literary mosaic congruent with the intention, content and style of her music.

The poems of this collection talk to each other, like neighbors carrying on a conversation through open, opposite-facing windows across the street.

Chandra not only teaches English, but also is a critically acclaimed author whose novel “Sacred Games” was adapted into a Netflix series. 

Heavy-handed and direct, Leiva isn’t in the business of reinventing the wheel; rather, he’s oiling the wheel to make sure it can still spin.

“Sorrow,” with soft and bright precision, paints how Joe begins to grasp the sentiment that he himself contrived.