The All Spoilers Collective gets a little bit critical in this episode about a book we also like a lot. We find ourselves saying things like, "I cried but," or "the book is trying to do this, but." Let's just say there are a lot of "buts." While we praise this novel for putting black girls at the center, we have a lot of questions about the representation of radical activism and freedom movements, the consequences of snitching, and what it really means to move to the suburbs. There's also an aopologia for King, and Todd bags on the Fresh Prince maybe a little too much. You're going to love this hot little episode in which the Collective gets as prickly as they ever have.
Episode 28 -- Pass the Bone Salt, Please: Cherie Dimaline's EMPIRE OF WILD
Episode 27 -- Everybody Loves Radha: THE 40 YEAR-OLD VERSION
Episode 26 -- To Hell With THE HELP: An Unbridled Celebration of Barbara Neely's BLANCHE ON THE LAM
Episode 25 -- A Black, Black, Black Episode: John Lewis's MARCH, Volumes 1,2, & 3
Episode 24 -- "No more backward steps": Elizabeth Acevedo's THE POET X
Episode 23 -- Always Taking; Always Giving: Jewelle Gomez's THE GILDA STORIES
Episode 22 -- What We Take With Us: Nnedi Okorafor's BINTI
Episode 21 -- A Marvelous Reality: Wayetu Moore's SHE WOULD BE KING
Episode 20 -- The Spoilers Set It Off With QUEEN AND SLIM and ATLANTICS (Quarantine Edition)
Driplet #3 -- Claudia Rankin's THE WHITE CARD at Penumbra Theatre
Episode 19 -- "Who the heck is Jack!?!": Colson Whitehead's THE NICKEL BOYS
Episode 18 -- Treacherous Feet, Bubble Tea, and PERFECT STRANGERS: Gene Yang's AMERICAN BORN CHINESE
Episode 17 -- A Little Pink House for You and Me: Relationships and Borderlands in Oscar Casares' WHERE WE COME FROM
Episode 16 -- "You can shoot me now": White Saviors and the Art of Race in Claudia Rankine's THE WHITE CARD
Episode 15 -- Pulsing, Possible Dreams: Danez Smith's DON'T CALL US DEAD
Episode 14 -- "Damn these Eggs!": Lorraine Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN
Driplet #2 -- Tunnel Vision: Jordan Peele's US
Episode 13 - Movin' on Up: Michelle Obama's BECOMING
Episode 12 -- What About Tish?: Barry Jenkins' IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
The Drip Episode 11 -- Be Loving This Book: Kiese Laymon's HEAVY
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