A very pleasant collection that clearly shows the quality of the Kweli Journal publishing.

It's undeniable from the very beginning and until the very end, these authors selected are great ones. The short stories displayed here are evident testimonies of that. The writing is strong, and often daring as well. I've rarely read so many pieces playing with pronouns and address to the reader the way many of them did in Sing the Truth. I always appreciate a story that chooses "You" as the main narrative, I found it systematically both deeper and more playful. Even when slightly clumsy, it proves a thoughtful and clever understanding of writing as a media and a desire to engage differently with the reader which I admire. Here, despite some stories being maybe less striking or memorable than other, I find it always obvious that the writer was nonetheless understanding what makes good writing and layered characters and would soon be an accomplished author if they weren't already, just lacking a little bit more experience at the time to fully discover and embrace the uniqueness of their voice.
I'm not used to reading anthologies by different authors, so it could be just that, but I found it difficult to enjoy this as a whole. Usually in short story collections, some are obviously less interesting than others and these lows are needed to better highlight the highs. But here, as all of them had evident qualities and balance, it seems harder to remember my favourite ones and somehow set an even unfairly higher standard! Anyway, this was great, I'll definitely read more from many of these authors!

I really enjoyed this collection of short stories by diverse BIPOC. The collection contained books from BIPOC from various countries and cultures. The stories were well told and detailed. They gave a glimpse of lives and situations that often aren't told but should be. Some of the stories left me wanting more. I wanted to find out what happened next to the characters. I was introduced to new writers who I will definitely seek out their past and future work.

This was a strong short story collection, it had that element that I was looking for and enjoyed from this type of book. The stories worked with the concept of this collection and was glad I got to read this. It was everything that I was looking for and glad I read this.