Joshunda Sanders

Joshunda Sanders is the author of the children's book I Can Write the World.

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James McBride's 'Deacon King Kong' Is a Rich Novel About the Places That Make Us Who We Are

On a September day in 1969, in the projects of Brooklyn, a drunken deacon named Sportcoat shoots the local drug dealer, Deems. The community–an ensemble of black, Puerto Rican, Italian and Irish characters, reflecting the...

By Joshunda Sanders

An Unplanned Teen Pregnancy Ripples Through Generations in Jacqueline Woodson's Red at the Bone

A treasure awaits readers who encounter Red at the Bone, who descend the staircase with a loose step as 16-year-old Melody does in her coming-of-age party at the start of the novel. Jacqueline Woodson’s latest...

By Joshunda Sanders

Patsy May Be Fiction, But Its Story of a Black Woman Immigrant Is Searingly True

The challenges of chasing the American Dream

By Joshunda Sanders
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