not tears, but dewdrops

while i don’t claim to be a “book blogger” by any account (more of a cranky publishing-person blogger most days), i know a lot of people have followed me through my book posts, so i’m taking advantage of that captive audience to boost these bookstores. shop them through their own websites and if you’re local, look into curbside pickup to minimize shipping costs and overhead. okay that’s all thanks bye stay safe.

the lit bar (a personal favorite and the bronx’s one remaining bookstore)

hariett’s bookshop

semicolon bookstore

mahogany books

uncle bobbie’s

loyalty bookstore

dare books

listening tree books

underground books

multicultural bookstore

pyramid books

black dot bookstore

brain lair books

medu bookstore

wild fig books and coffee

frugal bookstore

olive tree books

detroit book city

cafe con libros

revolution books

sisters uptown bookstore

source booksellers

hakim’s bookstore

sankofa books and cafe

cooking other peoples food: how chefs appropriate bay area ‘ethnic’ cuisine by luke tsai, east bay express

the stark racial divide in pay for restaurant workers by alastair bland, npr

the primal pleasure and brutal history of sugar by ruby tandoh, eater

ole missus vs mammy: who owns southern food? by michael twitty, vice

what happens when a brown chef cooks white food? by khushbu shah, gq

the rise (and stall) of the boba generation by jenny g. zhang, eater

yelp reviewers authenticity fetish is white supremacy in action by sara kay, ny eater

pathology of displacement: the intersection of food justice and culture by shane bernardo, whyhunger

the bon appetit test kitchens race problem by soleil ho, san francisco chronicle

the vegan race wars: how the mainstream ignores vegans of color by khushbu shah, thrillist

whose food is it, anyway? by ann hui, the globe and mail

“It was like being alive twice.”

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to welcome and encourage a joyous and prosperous litha~