![]() ![]() Lyons breathes, utters mantra and taps her way through most situations that arise. Felicia Lyons is struggling to get ahead of the demands placed on her by being a mother, while her husband earns money at the office. Du Bois,” “Libertie” and “ The Trees” are towering achievements, but they are just the best known of a remarkably vibrant category. Second House from the Corner by Sadeqa Johnson is an interesting novel about a stressed out stay at home mother. “ The Prophets,” “ The Love Songs of W.E.B. It’s an especially great time to be a reader of historical fiction that illuminates the African American experience. Despite continued barriers to entry, Black creatives are producing phenomenal and socially relevant art at an impressive rate. And yet, it is also undeniable that the renaissance is real. ![]() Two years on, amid a decidedly unfinished and inadequate reckoning, those feelings remain. It felt strange to celebrate such victories at a time that otherwise felt so devastating. In Time magazine, Kendi and other prominent writers hailed the power of Black art across a variety of cultural forms. Kendi declared that the United States was experiencing a Black Renaissance. Reading Sadeqa Johnson’s redemptive gut punch of a novel, “ The House of Eve,” made me recall the dissonance I felt in 2021 when National Book Award winner Ibram X. ![]()
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