Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
Kwame Mbalia
A collection of short fiction, plus a poem and a comic, celebrates Black boys in both ordinary life and imaginative situations. Its entries range from getting ready for a first day of school and skateboarding during the pandemic to taking part in an intergalactic race. A three-part framing story uses magic, while families, friends, and neighborhood communities shape many of the boys’ lives. The anthology brings together seventeen Black authors and a variety of voices and forms.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 2 editions from 3 organizations.
