Every February, social media fills with incredible book recommendations by Black authors, stories centered on Black characters, and lists celebrating Black voices in literature — and as it should. But I also want to say the quiet part out loud: uplifting Black authors shouldn’t be seasonal. Representation on our shelves deserves to be year-round, not […]
Opening Casa Luna Books
Ever heard the saying, “This is a dream I’ve had since breakfast!” No? Just me then. Okay—this isn’t exactly that. But the urge did come on pretty quickly… sort of. Books were always my secret when I was a kid. A secret because when I first fell in love with them, it wasn’t out of […]