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Lyric and Blake: A brief review

Lyric and Blake by V. Nikki Jones
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Lyric and Blake is exactly what you’d think a short novel about pre-teens would be: full of messy, smart-alecky kids trying to figure out who they are and how to get through the next class period. What’s most compelling about Lyric and her new best friend Blake is that they both like girls and often dress like boys. While they are relatively comfortable with their sexual orientation and gender identity, not everyone around them feels t...

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“HELPED are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception, and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.” From Alice Walker’s The Temple of My Familiar

Recommended Read–Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction

Thank you so much for this review, Delilah!

When I heard that one my favorite authors, K.A. Smith, was going to be in a new anthology, I couldn’t wait to read it. I pre-ordered Lez Talk, and was super excited when it appeared on my Kindle.

Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction is comprised of sixteen stories that defy easy classification. There are stories of sadness and pain, of love and sex, and even of magic. One of the editors, S. Andrea Allen writes in the introduction...