Thread by @LA_Knight89, There's a lot of pain and anger in the Black people of [...]

There& #39;s a lot of pain and anger in the Black people of America tonight. So I want to boost some Black authors, some already big names but most just getting started kicking ass and finally getting their seats at the creative tables. You can find them online & at the library.

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Dragons in a Bag - Zetta Elliott

Court of Fives - Kate Elliott*

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky - Kwame Mbalia

A Girl Like Her - Talia Hibbert

The Ballad of Black Tom - Tom LaValle

The Unforgotten Girl - India Hill Brown

(cont& #39;d)

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Shadowshaper - Daniel Jose Older

Legendborn - Tracey Deonn

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - NK Jemisin

Ikenga - Dr. Nnedi Okorafor

His Captive Princess - Kiru Taye

A Blade So Black - LL McKinney

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Dear Martin - Nic Stone

Tiffany Sly Lives Here - Dana L. Davis

An Unkindness of Ghosts - Rivers Solomon

A Song Below Water - Bethany C. Morrow

Black Leopard, Red Wolf - Marlon James

You Can’t Touch My Hair - Phoebe Robinson

(cont& #39;d)

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Salvage the Bones - Jesmyn Ward

Curlilocks and the Big, Bad Hairbrush - Yolanda King

Love Double-Dutch - Doreen Spicer-Donnelly

Minion - LA Banks

The Killing Moon - NK Jemisin

Let’s Talk About Love - Claire Kann

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Mildred D. Taylor

Well-Read Black Girl - Gloria Edim

The Water Dancer - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Love Like Sky - Leslie C. Youngblood

The Daughters of Nri - Reni K. Amayo

Slay - Brittney Morris

(cont& #39;d)

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With the Fire on High - Elizabeth Acevedo
On the Come Up - Angie Thomas

Hair Love - Matthew C. Cherry

The Deep - Rivers Solomon

The Sun Is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon

The Season of Styx Malone - Kekla Magoon

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The Rage of Dragons - Evan Winters

Nubia: Real One - LL McKinney

Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds

Dread Nation - Justina Ireland

The Sound of Stars - Alechia Dow

Curlilocks and the Three Pink Pandas - Yolanda King

(cont& #39;d)

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Rosewater - Tade Thompson

Full Disclosure - Camryn Garrett

Binti - Dr. Nnedi Okorafor

War Girls - Tochi Onyebuchi

The City We Became - NK Jemisin

The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton

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The Black God’s Drum - P. Djeli Clark

From the Desk of Zoe Washington - Janae Marks

Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender

Betty Before X - Ilyasah Shabazz

Monday’s Not Coming - Tiffany Jackson

Beasts Made of Night - Tochi Onyebuchi

(cont& #39;d)

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Just South of Home - Karen Strong

The Good Luck Girls - Charlotte Nicole Davis

Pride - Ibi Zoboi

Pet - Akwaeke Emezi

Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo

A Study in Honor - Claire O’Dell*

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Midnight Robber - Nalo Hopkinson

Raybearer - Jordan Ifueko

A River of Royal Blood - Amanda Joy

Fledging - Octavia Butler

Escaping Exodus - Nicky Drayden

My Soul to Keep - Tananarive Due

(cont& #39;d)

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Hurricane Child - Kacen Callender

The Unstoppable Octobia May - Sharon G. Flake

Children of Blood & Bone - Tomi Adeyemi

The Gilded Ones - Namina Forna

Sulwe - Lupita Nyong’o

A Song of Wraiths & Ruin - Roseanne A. Brown

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Akata Witch - Dr. Nnedi Okorafor

David Mogo, Godhunter - Suyi Davies Okungbowa

A Crown So Cursed - LL McKinney

Black Girl Unlimited - Echo Brown

Boy, Snow, Bird - Helen Oyeyemi

Warriors of the Four Worlds - Ronald T. Jones

(cont& #39;d)

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Dactyl Hill Squad - Daniel Jose Older

Zero Hero - Harambee Grey-Sky

Cinderella Is Dead - Kalynn Bayron

Riot Baby - Tochi Onyebuch

The Jumbies - Tracey Baptiste

Remote Control - Dr. Nnedi Okorafor

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The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas

A Phoenix First Must Burn (anthology)

Miles Morales: Spider-Man - Jason Reynolds

The Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler

Skin Folk - Nalo Hopkinson

Magnifique Noir - Briana Laurence

(cont& #39;d)

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Tyler Johnson Was Here - Jay Cole

Bright City - DC Edwards

Redemption in Indigo - Karen Lord

The Changeling - Victor LaValle

Bound By Fate - Kiru Taye

Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert

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Orleans - Sherri L. Smith

Trouble the Saints - Ayala Dawn Johnson

Do You Dream of Terra-Two - Temi Oh

The Hundred Wells of Salaga - Ayesha Harruna Attah

American Street - Ibi Zoboi

Black Enough (anthology)

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There is still pain & anger. Yeah, I want to "contribute smth positive" w/ this for people who are too tired rn. Because Black people are tired. We are So tired. So tomorrow, I& #39;m still going to be angry & I& #39;m still going to be fighting. But here& #39;s a little positive, too.

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