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Dr. G’s Monthly Book Recommendations-April 2024

Happy Tuesday!! You didn’t think I forgot about ya??!! Not at all!! April Showers bring May Flowers!! Well at least here in Richmond :-)!! As those rainy days turn into days full of sunshine, don’t forget to pick up a book or two to get you through the day! Closing out the month with some literary goodies!! And as always, Don’t forget to support your local bookstores!!

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Check out April’s Monthly Book Recommendations below:

  • Skin & Bones ~Renée Watson
  • Summer on Highland Beach ~Sunny Hostin
  • Little Rot ~Akwaeke Emezi
  • Sports Superheroes ~Stephen Curry
  • Great Expectations ~Vinson Cunningham
  • I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays ~Nell Irvin Painter
  • Come & Get It ~Kiley Reid
  • Allow Me To Introduce Myself ~Onyi Nwabineli
  • Anita De Monte Laughs Last ~Xochitl Gonzalez
  • One Of Us Knows ~Alyssa Cole

As an Extra Bonus…If you are in the Atlanta area, check out The Negro Motorist Green Book, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with award-winning author, photographer and cultural documentarian, Candacy Taylor. This exhibition offers an immersive look at the reality of travel for African Americans in mid-century America and how the annual guide served as an indispensable resource for the nation’s rising African American middle class and evidence of a vibrant business class. The Negro Motorist Green Book exhibit will be on display at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, GA till June 23rd, 2024…See More Info Here

And as always, remember you can always go back and check out 2023’s lists and past recommendations in the “Resource” section of the website!

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Weekly Trailer Alerts!!

Closing out the month of April with some new deets to move us into Spring and then Summer!! Check out this week’s trailers below:

Black Twitter: A People’s History (Streaming on Hulu-May 9th)

Season 2-Pretty Little Liars Summer School (Streaming on Max-May 9th)

Maxton Hall (Streaming on Prime Video-May 9th)

The Big Cigar (Streaming on Apple TV+– May 17th)

Jim Henson Idea Man (Streaming on Disney+– May 31st)

Season 3-Mayor of Kingstown (Streaming on Paramount +– June 2nd)

Clipped (Streaming on Hulu-June 8th)

Trap (In theaters August 9th)

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Weekly Trailer Alerts!!

I may have been gone for a minute but the trailers still do not disappoint!! These trailers are HOT LIKE FIRE!! Check out this week’s trailers below:

Them: The Scare (Streaming on Prime Video-April 25th)

Season 3-Hacks (Streaming on Max-May 2nd)

Dark Matter (Streaming on Apple TV+ -May 8th)

Season 2-Interview with a Vampire (Streaming on AMC+ May 12th)

Season 3-Bridgerton (Streaming on Netflix– May 16th)

Season 4-Evil (Streaming on Paramount + – May 24th)

Joker: Folie à Deux (In theaters October 4th)

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Upcoming Event for Dr. G!!

Excited to share another upcoming event that I will be participating in this Thursday with my friends at Suffolk Public Library!!

Suffolk Discovers: Afrofuturism

Afrofuturism expresses notions of Black identity, agency and freedom through art, creative works and activism that envision liberated futures for Black life. With musicians such as Sun Ra, Parliament, and Janelle Monáe, visual artists like Wangechi Mutu, and authors such as Octavia Butler, Afrofuturism imagines the potential of African diasporic futures without the effects of colonialism, capitalism, and racism among other things. In recent work like the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Black Panther movies though, there is a strain of doubt introduced into the hopefully utopian vision of Afrofuturist societies such as Wakanda.

Thursday, April 18th, 2024, 6-7:30 pm

North Suffolk Library (Conference Room), 2000 Bennetts Creek Park Road Suffolk, VA 23435

During the panel discussion we will explore the following questions/thoughts:

  • The legacies of different visions of Afrofuturism
  • Who is it for?
  • Who is left out of the future?
  • What will Blackness look like in the future? 

You can tune via Zoom or in-person!! Register Here!

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It’s Been a Minute…

So I know it’s been a little while since I have posted, but know that I have missed you all! March was full of deadlines, presentations, and conferences!! Even amid the long schedules, there has been a great deal of productivity.

Making lots of headway on the book project, preparing for the close of the semester, and looking forward to the summer!! With all that said I cannot wait to get back into the BFF flow and share some great content!

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