#ownvoices

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A book where the Caribbean girl is the whole story. Not the sidekick. Not the cultural backdrop. The whole point.

A book where leaving the island for America is the complicated, beautiful, grief-filled thing it actually is and not just a happy ending.

A book where first love in the Caribbean matters as much as first love anywhere else. Because it does.

I waited long enough. Then I wrote them.

Neither Out Far Nor In Deep. Sweet Like Sugar Cane. Where the Guava Tree Stands.

janet jackson writing poetry just to survive her own grief. tupac being lucky — complicated and charming and trying so hard to be better than where he came from. regina king doing what regina king always does. maya angelou’s words coming out of a girl’s mouth like they were always hers.

a slow burn love story on a mail truck through south central that somehow became one of the most important black love stories ever put on screen. the critics were wrong. they were always wrong.

these 7 books carry that same energy — the poetry that saves you, the love that sneaks up on you when you weren’t ready, the black girl voice that refuses to go quiet no matter how much the world asks it to.

if you haven’t seen it stop everything and go watch it tonight. if you have — you already know why this list exists.

drop your pick below 🖤

Wish you were here 🌴

In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life. At home, she is a careful daughter, living within her mother’s narrow expectations, in her rising-soccer-star brother’s shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. When her team qualifies for the South American tournament, Camila gets the chance to see…

Before she became a mother, she was just a girl who believed in forever.

SWEET LIKE SUGAR CANE

Available at www.leahtwilliams.net and everywhere books and audiobooks are sold.

In a place where everybody knows your name, falling in love is the sweetest rebellion.

SWEET LIKE SUGAR CANE

Available at www.leahtwilliams.net and everywhere books and audiobooks are sold.