Books News – Caribbean Life

Book cover of “Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real about the End” by Alua Arthur.

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No suitcase needed: Alua Arthur guides us through the art of dying

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of “Joy Goddess: A’Leila Walker and the Harlem Renaissance.”

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Like mother, like daughter in this opulent new biography

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Books on Black History and Memoirs.

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You need a great story this summer, you’ll find four of them here

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of “Yet Here I Am” by Jonathan Capehart.

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Watch him on TV, read about him here

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Screen grab of President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and academic scholar Deborah Archer, in a hybrid conversation with legal scholar James Forman Jr. at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Center for Brooklyn History (BPL-CBH) on June 9, 2025.

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Deborah Archer: How highways helped segregate America

By Milette Millington

Book cover of Madame Queen by Mary Kay McBray.

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Uncovering the history of a secretive crime boss is a great surprise for readers

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of “The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery,” by Clarence A. Haynes.

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Looking for a great vacation read? Yeah, here’s your book!

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of “That’s How They Get You,” edited by Damon Young.

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Stories? Yeah, we got stories – and some of them will make you laugh

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of “The Junteenth Alphabet.”

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Why celebrate Juneteenth? It’s as simple as A-B-C

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of “The Battle for the Black Mind” by Karida L. Brown.

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Summer’s here, but education shouldn’t take a vacation

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Trinidadian scholar Dr. Daniela Fifi.

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Groundbreaking book on Caribbean Museums takes Dr. Daniela Fifi on international tour

By Nelson A. King

Book cover of ‘Blair Underwood Presents Sins of Survivors’ by Joe McClean.

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Family comes first, but trouble comes next in this novel

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of “The Afterlife of Malcolm X” by Mark Whitaker.

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Fifty years later, a legacy that still resonates

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Various books for Mother’s Day.

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For mom, mom-to-be, and grandma, Happy Mother’s Day!

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Author Sharon Gordon, left with Lyndon Taylor, Founder & CEO at Lynton Taylor Associates, holding a signed copy of novel Sherribaby, at an April 24 launch at Seas Lounge in Brooklyn.

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Jamaican storyteller Sharon Gordon debuts ‘Sherribaby’ tour in Brooklyn

By Tangerine Clarke

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Vinik Ernest launches ‘Palmtree’ Magazine, a bold celebration of Caribbean women and culture

By Tracey Khan

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