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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