Twenty-One Books to Read After Becoming

By Ibram X. Kendi via https://www.theatlantic.com/

A year after the release of Michelle Obama’s acclaimed memoir, a celebration of books by black women

Last fall, Shonda Rhimes received an unexpected phone call, with a top-secret invitation. She was given the chance to read an advanced copy of the book; fly to Washington, D.C.; and share her thoughts with the author at a private gathering weeks before the chart-buster would hit bookstores.

The superstar producer and writer behind Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal told no one. The manuscript was “like a live baby I was afraid to leave home alone,” as Rhimes described it. Every free moment…

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