Amy Shaw

Purchase for all American history, biography, and ethnic studies collections.

Full of beautiful prose and characters who laugh in the face of toxic masculinity, Miller’s debut has a lot of promise—especially in terms of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ representation—but uneven pacing and overly complicated plotlines keep it from its full potential.

A necessary resource to celebrate the Black experience by exalting the pioneers who are too often ignored or forgotten in discourse surrounding the history of people of color in the United States.