#untwine

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I want to figure out how people can go on with their lives when mine has changed so much. I want to relearn how to breathe without carrying this big, empty cave inside me.

Edwidge Danticat, Untwine

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[ireadyabooks]

Celebrate Audiobook Month with 5 Books Written by Black Authors and Read by Black Narrators

Today and always we want to amplify the voices of our Black creators by sharing their stories. This June, we’re celebrating Audiobook Month by spotlighting 5 must-hear audiobooks written by Black authors and read by Black narrators. Check out this list to find your next listen!

UNTWINE Written by: Edwidge Danticat Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat brings her extraordinary talent to this graceful and unflinching examination of the bonds of friendship, romance, family, the horrors of loss, and the strength we must discover in ourselves when all seems hopeless.

SPIN Written by: Lamar Giles Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Shawana Carter, and Sisi Aisha Johnson

When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec's chief groupie, Fuse – two sworn enemies who happened to be the ones who discovered her body. Don’t miss this story of a fandom that will stop at nothing in their obsessive quest for answers.

YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN Written by: Leah Johnson Narrated by: Alaska Jackson

Liz Lighty is running for prom queen to win a scholarship for college. Will falling for a fellow prom queen contender keep her from her dreams…or help them come true?

LOVE IS THE DRUG Written by: Alaya Dawn Johnson Narrated by: Simone Missick

Emily Bird was raised not to ask questions. But a chance meeting with a homeland security agent at a party leads to Bird waking up in a hospital, days later, with no memory of the end of the night. Meanwhile the world has fallen apart, and the agent is convinced Bird knows something. As time goes on, Bird finds that she might know more than she remembers. And what she knows could unleash the biggest government scandal in US history…

SHURI: A BLACK PANTHER NOVEL Written by: Nic Stone Narrated by: Anika Noni Rose

The first book in an original series starring the break-out character from the Black Panther comics and films: T'Challa's younger sister, Shuri! Shuri is a skilled martial artist, a genius, and a master of science and technology. But, she's also a teenager. And a princess. This story follows Shuri as she sets out on a quest to save her homeland of Wakanda.

[abentleywrites]

She came to me before she was born. In the stillness of nighttime dreams. She is my moon star. ••• #poetry #poem #wordsmith #stars #moon #moonstar #dreams #night #light #destiny #fate #soulmates #quotes #verse #madewords #bymepoetryamerica #bymepoetry #omypoetry #poets #poetsofinstagram #untwineusa #untwine #writings #sayings (at Phoenix, Arizona)

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People say that things like this happen in slow motion, as though you suddenly become an astronaut in the antigravity chamber of your own life. This wasn't true for me. Things were speeding up instead, and I did my best to slow them down in my mind.

Edwidge Danticat, Untwine

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Our faith is a mishmash of many things. We believe in family, in music and art, but we mostly believe in each other.

Edwidge Danticat, Untwine

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There's something about music, when you feel it deeply, when you understand it so well... there is something about it that makes scary things seem to disappear. If only for a little while...

Edwidge Danticat, Untwine