Jesus on Line One
Afro-Latinx artist duendita’s EP direct line to My Creator confronts faith, doubt, and police violence against women of color in a powerful, prayerful debut. Fusing R&B, jazz, and soul, duendita conveys a striking range of emotion through rich, fluid vocals and ambient instrumentals. duendita.bandcamp.com
Spears into Pruning Hooks
Beating Guns: Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence offers creative, Christ-centered responses to gun violence. Activist Shane Claiborne and Mennonite pastor-turned-blacksmith Michael Martin engage readers by interspersing the theology, history, and politics of guns with scripture, photos, quotes, and memorials to gun-violence victims. Brazos Press
War on Black People
In Money Rock: A Family’s Story of Cocaine, Race, and Ambition in the New South, Pam Kelley—a journalist who contributed to an exposé on housing inequality that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service—tells another powerful story of injustice. The New Press
Show Hospitality
As President Trump argues for a border wall, stories of why people emigrate get overlooked. We Are Not Refugees: True Stories of the Displaced, by Agus Morales, presents harrowing stories of refugees driven away by violence from their homes in Central America, Pakistan, Syria, and other locations. Imagine
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