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Sarah's Bookshelves Live

BONUS EPISODE: Favorite Books by Black Authors

Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah Dickinson

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4.9 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

A lot has happened in the world over the past couple weeks that hasn’t been reflected on the podcast because June episodes were recorded in mid-May. So, I wanted to bring you this special bonus episode to highlight some books by black authors that I’ve loved over the past couple years. 

These are stories of the lives of particular black characters and people that have stuck with me (in many cases for years) since I read them. 

I’m also looking to highlight more stories by and about black people moving forward on the podcast.

This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!).

Favorite Books by Black Authors (Fiction) [3:04]

2 Auto-Buy Authors

An Old-Time Favorite Author (Stephen L. Carter)

Under the Radar Gems

Super Buzzy Books You’ve Probably Already Heard Of

Favorite Books by Black Authors (Nonfiction) [25:09]

2 Memoirs I Loved

Super Buzzy Books You’ve Probably Already Heard Of

Other Books Mentioned

Other Links

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. I'm Sarah of the blog Sarah's Bookshelves. Each week, I'm

0:15.5

talking with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, one book they don't love,

0:21.6

and one new release they're excited about. We're going to get real, and sometimes a bit

0:26.6

snarky, about all things books. If you like the show, I'd really love your support.

0:32.0

Spread the word to your reader friends, subscribe to the show, rate and review it wherever you

0:36.9

listen to podcasts, or get bonus podcast episodes

0:40.9

by supporting the podcast on Patreon. There's a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio to my

0:47.5

Patreon page. Let's get rolling. Hey everyone, welcome to a special bonus episode of Sarah's

0:53.8

Bookshelves Live. It's just me today. There's no guest. I know this is not the normal state of affairs, but there's a reason. My Patreon supporters are used to hearing solo episodes from me, but this is the first time I'm putting one of these out to everyone. And I wanted to do this because obviously a lot has happened in the past couple

1:12.8

weeks. A little behind the scenes of the podcast for you, I usually record episodes with my guests

1:18.2

pretty far in advance, at least a month and sometimes longer. So I had episodes already recorded

1:26.1

through June 24th when George Floyd was killed and protests for racial justice followed.

1:32.9

Obviously, those episodes have a completely different context behind the discussions, but I still wanted to air them because my guest took the time to talk with me and I do think they are super interesting conversations anyway, even though they are not

1:45.6

part of the events dominating everyone's thinking right now. I also did not want to wait until the

1:52.8

first July episode to bring you something that does take into account today's context,

1:57.5

discussions, and learning. I know I've realized how much I have to learn, and I've

2:02.4

been thinking about how to move forward in this space in a better way, including the podcast and

2:07.1

the blog. I'm starting with my own reading, and I am using Tracy from the Stacks podcast booklist

2:14.3

on bookshop.org to choose selections that deal with the topic of racism.

2:21.5

And I'm listening to those predominantly on audio. And I'll keep you posted on how that's going.

2:26.9

I'll also be making more of a conscious effort to seek out books by authors of color and to

2:30.8

showcase the ones that I love on the blog, on Instagram, and on the podcast. And I will

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