Best Black Books of 2023

By Jordannah Elizabeth | New York Amsterdam News | Word In Black This& post& was originally published on& New York Amsterdam News Credit: New York Amsterdam News (WIB) – Life can move so quickly that we can overlook the pleasurable and enlightening moments that informed and supported the evolution of our personal perspectives. Books have the ability to reveal facets of the world, points of view, and artistic utterings that can quickly become pieces of ourselves.  Books can open a portal of understanding, eye-opening revelations, and historical journeys that lend to the very make up of who we are. I am honored to have covered the releases of a number of books this past year, and took care to select some of the standout Black books of the year. I, again, am thankful for every book written by Black authors in 2023 that broadened our community’s contributions to the local, domestic, and global culture and made Black culture an unstoppable force of creative and intellectual benevolence, powerful intellect, and talent. My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing by Carl Phillips “My Trade Is Mystery” is a lovely collection of what are described as meditations on Phillips’s...