Lit Tidbits - Nonfiction

Title: The Sun and Her Flowers

Author: Rupi Kaur

Published: October 2017
Rating: 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 

I damn near highlighted all of the text in this book of poetry. Only thing left unmarked would've been the art. It is about love, growth, healing and roots. The format is five chapters: wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. How appropriate!

Title: A Good Cry

Author: Nikki Giovanni

Published: October 2017
Rating: 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 

No better feeling than to read something by one of the greatest writers ever: Nikki Giovanni. She shares lessons learned by the people who helped shape her. So much truth and inspiration within the pages of this compact book. We really do learn a lot from tears and laughter.

Title: Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Published: March 2017

Rating: 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 

Fifteen incredible suggestions on how to empower a daughter to be a strong, proud, independent woman. If anyone questions what being a feminist means, this short book will be a start.

Title: We're Going to Need More Wine

Author: Gabrielle Union

Published: October 2017
Rating: 🖤 🖤 🖤 

Gabrielle Union was very candid in this collection of essays. She held nothing back and shared stories on her childhood, career, marriage and more. Thanks, girl, for telling us how you really feel!

Title: The Autobiography of Gucci Mane

Author: Gucci Mane with Neil Martinez-Belkin

Published: September 2017
Rating: 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 

Even if you don't listen to trap music or never heard of Gucci Mane, read this autobiography! At the very least, it will open your eyes to the struggles of a music artist, a young black man, a drug addict, paranoia and loyalty to a trusted few. This is one of the few autobiographies that I read nonstop. It is written so readers can really see Gucci Mane's transformation to a better, healthier and happier life. Now THAT's real icy!