The editors bring together a dynamic group of black writers, organizers, artists, academics and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching--vulnerability and shame resilience.

It shares the story of returning war veteran SFC Travis Fox who has one more battle to fight, PTSD. Fox and his best friend SFC Ron Preach Pearcy are on their sixth combat deployment when Preach and his entire Ranger platoon are killed in a deadly improvised explosive device attack. Travis returns to his hometown to settle the affairs of his parents who had passed away years before. In searching for answers about his parents, he also discovers a new...

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in one month's time. Young, beautiful, and successful--she and her fiance Michael are considered the couple goals of their social network and seem to have it all. That is, until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: Oh my god, have you seen The List? It began as a crowdsourced collection of names and somehow morphed into an anonymous account...

Isobel Johnson can't stand helicopter parents like Julia Abbott, a stage mom whose world revolves around interfering in her children's lives. Julia resents teachers like Isobel, who effortlessly bond with students, including Julia's own teenagers, who've been pulling away from her more each year. Isobel has spent her career in Liston Heights side-stepping the community's high-powered families. But when she receives a threatening voicemail accusing...

After school one day, Frankie, a lover of physics and astronomy, has her first sexual experience with quiet and gorgeous Benjamin - and gets her period. It's only blood, they agree. But soon a gruesome meme goes viral, turning an intimate, affectionate afternoon into something sordid, mortifying, and damaging. In the time it takes to swipe a screen, Frankie's universe implodes. Who can she trust? Not Harriet, her suddenly cruel best friend, and certainly...