you MUST read this book!

I've been thinking about excellence lately…how to promote it, how it's constructed.  There's an ongoing conversation around making black-authored books "universal," a term generally reserved for the culture and experiences of the dominant group (whites).  Author Carleen Brice has a great round-up on her blog, White Readers Meet Black Authors.  Even though I know it's wrong, I sometimes find myself worrying about the black-authored books recommended to white readers.  A book that gets a lot...