Black enough, ed. Ibi Zoboi

Title: Black Enough: Stories of being young and black in America
Editor: Ibi Zoboi
Genre/ issues: Contemporary fiction. Short stories. Anthology. Race. Coming of age stories.

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From the GoodReads blurb:
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and Black in America.

Black is…sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson.
Black is…three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds.
Black is…Nic Stone’s high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of.
Black is…two girls kissing in Justina Ireland’s story set in Maryland.
Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more—because there are countless ways to be Black enough.
Contributors:
Justina Ireland
Varian Johnson
Rita Williams-Garcia
Dhonielle Clayton
Kekla Magoon
Leah Henderson
Tochi Onyebuchi
Jason Reynolds
Nic Stone
Liara Tamani
Renée Watson
Tracey Baptiste
Coe Booth
Brandy Colbert
Jay Coles
Ibi Zoboi
Lamar Giles

With the resurgence of an international focus on the Black Lives Matter movement, I’ve been focusing on novels written by black authors this month, and this book is excellent. Black Enough is an anthology of stories about growing up black in America, written by some outstanding black authors. From romance to friendship, from code camp to horse races, it’s a fantastic depiction of a diverse range of coming-of-age stories. They don’t all explicitly deal with racism as an issue, but race is an ever-present element of all the narratives. This is a beautiful mix of stories, some funny, some sad, some tense, but all excellent reads. I’m searching out books by all the authors in this collection to add to my TBR.

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Happy reading,