Black Enough Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Tochi Onyebuchi, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Rita Williams-Garcia, Coe Booth, Kekla Magoon, Ibi Zoboi, Dhonielle Clayton, Lamar Giles, Brandy Colbert, Justina Ireland, Renée Watson, Liara Tamani, Jay Coles, Varian Johnson, Leah Henderson, Tracey Baptiste — 2019

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and Black in America. Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is…three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is…Nic Stone’s high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is…two girls kissing in Justina Ireland’s story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more—because there are countless ways to be Black enough. Contributors: Justina Ireland Varian Johnson Rita Williams-Garcia Dhonielle Clayton Kekla Magoon Leah Henderson Tochi Onyebuchi Jason Reynolds Nic Stone Liara Tamani Renée Watson Tracey Baptiste Coe Booth Brandy Colbert Jay Coles Ibi Zoboi Lamar Giles

Reviews

Sarah Sammis@pussreboots

Apr 4, 2024

Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboi is a collection of seventeen short stories by contemporary Black authors featuring a delightful cross-section of life in America from a Black teen / young adult perspective. It is, hands down, the best short story anthology I've read in the last decade. The stories included are: Half a Moon by Renée Watson Black Enough by Varian Johnson Warning: Color May Fade by Leah Henderson Black. Nerd. Problems by Lamar Giles Out of the Silence by Kekla Magoon The Ingredients by Jason Reynolds Oreo by Brandy Colbert Samson and the Delilahs by Tochi Onyebuchi Stop Playing by Liara Tamani Wild Horses, Wild Hearts by Jay Coles Whoa! by Rita Williams-Garcia Gravity by Tracey Baptiste The Trouble with Drowning by Dhonielle Clayton Kissing Sarah Smart by Justina Ireland Hackathon Summers by Coe Booth Into the Starlight by Nic Stone The (R)evolution of Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi http://pussreboots.com/blog/2019/comm...

Sam Pulliam@dearbookshelves

Nov 27, 2021

My goal going into this collection was to find some new authors to check out and that was definitely accomplished. Some stories that stand out to me are “Warning: Color My Fade” by Leah Henderson, “Black. Nerd. Problems.” by Lamar Giles, and “Kissing Sarah Smart” by Justina Ireland. It’s rare that I come across a collection where I enjoy every story but I did have a good time reading every piece in this collection.

Ellie Younger@ellierose2000

Mar 4, 2022

Alex Hill @mybookishworld

Dec 5, 2021

Emily C Peterson@etrigg

Oct 22, 2021