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Angie Thomas’ Concrete Rose Advocates For Black Men & Boys The Way Society Won’t Refinery29 13/01/2021 Angie Thomas didn’t plan on writing a prequel to The Hate U Give. But as Starr’s dad, Maverick “Big Mav” Carter, became a favourite among her readers—and as Black men continued to be mistreated, murdered and demonised across America—the New York Times-bestselling author felt called to fill a void. “I’m gonna sound like a bad parent, but Maverick is my favourite of my characters,” a beaming Thomas tells me over Zoom. “He was the one that I was asked about the most, ...

In Angie Thomas' prequel to her hit YA novel, the author follows Starr Carter's father as a young man to challenge damaging notions of masculinity.

January 12, 2021 Bethanne Patrick THE WASHINGTON POST – Things we can count on in 2021: a presidential inauguration, more covid-19 vaccinations and new reading material. Even if you received books as holiday gifts, you’ll want to check out January’s offerings, which include a prequel to Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give, a fresh perspective on land ownership from Simon Winchester and a dual biography of sisters who changed medical history. BLACK BUCK: A NOVEL by Mateo Askaripour Askaripour’s satire revolves around the rudderless Darren, whose fortunes change when he joins the sales tea...

Book World: 10 books to read in January Bethanne Patrick, The Washington Post Dec. 29, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Chatter; Burnt Sugar; The Doctors BlackwellCrownOverlookW. W. Norton/Handout Things we can count on in 2021: a presidential inauguration, more covid-19 vaccinations and new reading material. Even if you received books as holiday gifts, you'll want to check out January's offerings, which include a prequel to Angie Thomas's "The Hate U Give," a fresh perspective on land ownership from Simon Winchester and a dual biography of sisters who changed medical history. - "Black Buck: A Nove...