8 New Books We Recommend This Week
March 11, 2021
Sometimes a book sells itself: Oh, Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel is a mournful allegory about artificial intelligence and the challenges of human connection? Sign me up, please! (But even if you’re on the same page, do make time to read Radhika Jones’s lovely review of the book; you’ll be glad you did.) Other times a good review makes all the difference. That was the case this week with Mary Roach’s wonderful take on “This Is the Voice,” by John Colapinto, an in-depth nonfiction book about the larynx. Trust me, you’ll want to read it after you read the review.
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Square Books kicked off the 2021 Oxford Conference for the Book on Monday night with a conversation between Mississippi-raised authors Angie Thomas and Kiese Laymon. They discussed Thomas’s new novel “Concrete Roses,” her literary inspirations and her hopes for young Black writers.
Thomas received critical acclaim for her 2017 young adult novel “The Hate U Give,” the story of a 16-year-old Black girl named Starr Carter who witnesses the death of her childhood friend at the hands of police brutality. The novel’s film adaptation released to even stronger popularity, so Thomas spent time reflecting on before and after the novel’s boom in pop culture.
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Angie Thomas really has the magic touch. All of her books are fantastically written novels which can be read by people of any age. While categorised as young adult, her books are by no means constrained to one age group. And she proves that with her latest release,
Angie Thomas arrived onto the literary scene with the release of
The Hate U Give (T.H.U.G). The book was a powerful narration of police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement from the perspective of 16-year-old Starr Carter. The book dealt with pertinent issues such as white privilege, racism, and state violence against black people. It was adapted into a movie starring Amandla Stenberg in 2018. From the movie and book, one of the things that stood out was the relationship between Starr and her father, Maverick Carter. Her father’s support and love for Starr and her siblings was the most heartwarming thing to read.
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Writing Black Lives Matter: Maxine Beneba Clarke and Angie Thomas on their latest books for children and young people
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Angie Thomas has recently published a sequel to her 2017 smash-hit young adult book The Hate U Give.
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Angie Thomas currently has not one but two books on the New York Times Young Adult bestsellers list.
It s a rare feat, all the more remarkable because one of the books isn t even a new release.
The Hate U Give was directly inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, and while it was hugely successful on its release in 2017, the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 saw it re-enter the bestsellers list.