The MahoganyBooks | Very Smart Brothas bookclub September selection is The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw. This National Book Award Finalist “explores the raw and tender places where black women and girls […]
Words are a tricky thing. Sometimes we bestow them with far too much power and authority. But there are moments when the collective “We” seek to take back power from those words that have victimized […]
For far too long Hip-Hop has been depicted as a sub-genre of music that is violent, mysoginistic, and actively contributing to the demise of America’s Black youth. However, there is a counter-narrative for us folk […]
James Baldwin is a writer with an intellect, a skillful prose, and an urgent compassion for others that gives his work a lasting relevance for people marginalized by a society whose hypocrisies are as apparent […]
If you have ever been to a MahoganyBooks | Very Smart Brothas Bookclub discussion you know we love our debates. It doesn’t matter what book we’re discussing or the seriousness of the topic, the act […]
Was there really any question that, I, Derrick Young, a native of Southeast, Washington DC, son of Michael Young, also a native of Washington DC and a longtime Georgetown Hoya fan would not pick I […]
2021 Reading List April 2021 I Came As A Shadow: An Autobiography by John Thompson John Thompson was never just a basketball coach and I Came As A Shadow is categorically not just a basketball autobiography. After three decades […]
It was a goal that we’ve always held closely amongst ourselves. From the very early days of MahoganyBooks founding we dared to dream of the day that we would host President Barack Obama for a […]
2020 Reading List January 2020 I’m Telling the Truth, But I’m Lying by Bassey Ikpi In I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying Bassey Ikpi explores her life–as a Nigerian-American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, […]
2019 Reading List January All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks “The word “love” is most often defined as a noun, yet…we would all love better if we used it as a verb,” writes […]
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