Neesha Powell-Ingabire

Dec 4, 2024 | ajc.com | Leah Tyler |Neesha Powell-Ingabire

In “Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast,” a collection of 20 poignant and searching essays and photos, journalist Neesha Powell-Ingabire combines her coming-of-age journey growing up on the Georgia coast with her adult exploration of her Gullah Geechee lineage — which her family historically shunned.

Oct 12, 2024 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Neesha Powell-Ingabire |Louise Erdrich

The Border Between Us: A Novel by Rudy Ruiz (Blackstone Publishing). Reviewed by Bárbara Mujica. “In spite of its sometimes belabored writing, The Border Between Us effectively captures the conundrum of countless denizens of the borderlands, whose sense of dual identity can lead to confusion and insecurity. But the novel actually speaks to a much wider audience: the millions of Americans who are the product of multiple cultural influences and feel torn among them.

Oct 11, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Neesha Powell-Ingabire |Afabwaje Kurian |Nick Gardner |Michael Keefe

Reading Lists As the leaves fall, curl up with these books I’ve been reading from outside of Phoenix, where there have been over 120 days of 100 degree temperatures as summer comes to a close. With Hurricane Helene devastating the Southeast and war spreading in the Middle East, the uncertainty about our collective futures—whether it is from climate change, the loss of loved ones, or displacement from our homes and homelands—is so present in the fifteen books on this list. Yet, there is also...

Oct 8, 2024 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Neesha Powell-Ingabire

In her debut, Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast, Neesha Powell-Ingabire complicates an already intense genre by adding layers of removal to it. Her take on growing up Black in the South turns the screw when she adds being queer, disabled, and Geechee to the mix.

Sep 24, 2024 | bookriot.com | Neesha Powell-Ingabire

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