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September Spotlight: Kim Guerra

The author of Badass Bonita shares what inspired her to write this book, the view from her writing space, and more.

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Meet Our 2024 Open Book Authors

Kim Guerra

Regina Black

Harold Green III

Bunny Michael

Special Spotlight: CeCé Telfer

Abir Mukherjee

Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow

Kimberly Lemming

Antonia Hylton

Keith Boykin

Madness
Madness
All the Little Bird-Hearts
All the Little Bird-Hearts
Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?
Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?
Hunted
Hunted
Make It Count
Make It Count
Hello, Higher Self
Hello, Higher Self
Badass Bonita
Badass Bonita
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human
Words Are My Superpower
Words Are My Superpower
The Art of Scandal
The Art of Scandal

Meet Our 2023 Open Book Authors

Rozella Kennedy

Michelle Porter

Curtis Chin

Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz

Dominic Lim

Jessica Wilson, MS, RD

Eddie Ndopu

Luis Alberto Urrea

Lauren Kung Jessen

Gabriela Romero Lacruz

Dionne Ford

Tammy Lewis Wilborn, PhD

Good Night, Irene
Good Night, Irene
Go Back and Get It
Go Back and Get It
It's Always Been Ours
It's Always Been Ours
Lunar Love
Lunar Love
Playing a New Game
Playing a New Game
All the Right Notes
All the Right Notes
The Sun and the Void
The Sun and the Void
Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw
Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw
Our Shadows Have Claws
Our Shadows Have Claws
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
A Grandmother Begins the Story
A Grandmother Begins the Story
Our Brave Foremothers
Our Brave Foremothers

Meet Our 2022 Open Book Authors

Featured Content

  1. Ross Gay

  2. Sabrina Imbler

  3. Tricia Hersey

  4. Mamadou Ndiaye

  5. Kellye Garrett

  6. Frankie and Lyndsey

  7. Grace Lavery

Featured Content

  1. Helena Greer

  2. Thrity Umrigar

  3. M.T. Khan

  4. Dr. Jenny Wang

  5. Melissa Fu

  6. Kendra James

Inciting Joy
Inciting Joy
How Far the Light Reaches
How Far the Light Reaches
Season of Love
Season of Love
Rest Is Resistance
Rest Is Resistance
Honor
Honor
100 Animals That Can F*cking End You
100 Animals That Can F*cking End You
Nura and the Immortal Palace
Nura and the Immortal Palace
Like a Sister
Like a Sister
Permission to Come Home
Permission to Come Home
Hail Mary
Hail Mary
Peach Blossom Spring
Peach Blossom Spring
Please Miss
Please Miss
Admissions
Admissions

Meet Our 2021 Open Book Authors

Featured Content

  1. Hitha Palepu

  2. Erica Ridley

  3. Tia Williams

  4. Clint Smith

  5. Marlon Peterson

  6. Deborah D. Douglas

Featured Content

  1. Keith Boykin

  2. Nyasha Williams

  3. Karelia Stetz-Waters

  4. Naima Coster

  5. A.J. Sass

  6. Cherie Jones

We're Speaking
We're Speaking
Race Against Time
Race Against Time
The Perks of Loving a Wallflower
The Perks of Loving a Wallflower
I Affirm Me
I Affirm Me
Seven Days in June
Seven Days in June
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Satisfaction Guaranteed
How the Word Is Passed
How the Word Is Passed
What's Mine and Yours
What's Mine and Yours
Bird Uncaged
Bird Uncaged
Ana on the Edge
Ana on the Edge
Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail
Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
The Fires of Vengeance
The Fires of Vengeance
Stakes Is High
Stakes Is High
What Would Frida Do?
What Would Frida Do?
Homeland Elegies
Homeland Elegies
The Boyfriend Project
The Boyfriend Project
How to Pronounce Knife
How to Pronounce Knife

Meet Our 2020 Open Book Authors

Featured Content

  1. Evan Winter

  2. Arianna Davis

  3. Farrah Rochon

Featured Content

  1. Mychal Denzel Smith

  2. Ayad Akhtar

  3. Souvankham Thammavongsa

The Fires of Vengeance
The Fires of Vengeance
Stakes Is High
Stakes Is High
What Would Frida Do?
What Would Frida Do?
Homeland Elegies
Homeland Elegies
The Boyfriend Project
The Boyfriend Project
How to Pronounce Knife
How to Pronounce Knife
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