Diverse Voices

Hispanic Heritage Month: YA Edition

by Amanie M | Sep 4, 2024 | Diverse Voices, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Teens

Hispanic Heritage Month starts September 15th! If you are looking for a list of young adult novels to read that are by Hispanic authors with...

Celebrate Disability Pride Month!

by Louise L | Jul 17, 2024 | Children, Diverse Voices, Picture Books

July is Disability Pride Month! Disability Pride Month is in July because the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in July of 1990....

LGTBQIA Historical Fiction

by Sara P | Jun 12, 2024 | Adult, Diverse Voices, Historical Fiction, Matchmakers

I've read a lot of contemporary romances featuring LGBTQIA characters, but I wanted to delve a little deeper into both the LGBTQIA genre as well as...

Waiting to be Arrested at Night: A Memoir from Xinjiang

by Stephen S | May 1, 2024 | Adult, Diverse Voices, History, Matchmakers, Memoir, Non-Fiction

I want to begin this post with a short explanation. This blog post is a companion piece to a post I wrote last year about The Backstreets, the first...

Indigenous Heritage Books for Youth

by Louise L | Mar 12, 2024 | Children, Diverse Voices, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Matchmakers, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Teens

November is National Native American History Month. We're fortunate that the last several years have seen an increase in the number of books...

Little Women & Adjacent Tween Reads

by Erika H | Dec 18, 2023 | Children, Diverse Voices, Fiction, Matchmakers

This month Dobama Theatre is bringing Louisa May Alcott's Little Women to life on stage through December. If you're planning on attending the play...

She Drives Me Crazy

by Amanie M | May 31, 2023 | Diverse Voices, Fiction, Matchmakers, Romance, Teens

You can fit so many tropes into this one. Fake dating? Check. Enemies to lovers? Check. Grand gestures? Check. Basketball and cheerleader? Check....

Take a Super Seat and Read!

by Louise L | Feb 7, 2023 | African-American, Children, Diverse Voices, Literacy/education, Matchmakers, Picture Books

Where is your favorite place to sit? What seat do you know the best? When you’re out and about, where do you sit for a rest? Are there enough places...

If You Could See The Sun by Ann Liang

by Amanie M | Feb 1, 2023 | Diverse Voices, Fantasy, Matchmakers, Teens

If you had the chance to turn invisible whenever you wished, what would you do? If you said, "Create an app that has you complete secret tasks given...