Veronica Anne Francisco
Featuring tested friendships, a Ramadan setting, and fantastical twist, ‘Nayra and the Djinn’ is...
Nayra and the Djinn is a charming YA graphic novel debut from author Iasmin Omar Ata. It follows a familiar coming-of-age plot with...
Despite promising themes, ‘My Mechanical Romance’ falls flat on race, feminism
Alexene Farol Follmuth’s debut My Mechanical Romance is a provocative entry into contemporary YA romance, but struggles with shallow feminist messaging.
Bel Maier, one of...
Nikki Khanna pushes the conversation on race, skin color and colorism in the...
Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism, edited by Nikki Khanna, exposes the shame of colorist cultural tendencies, explores the solidarity of...
