This short story collection covers multiple points of view about black lives in America today. Subjects touched on include racism, loss, loneliness, and injustice.
Some of the stories were interesting, some not so much. The style of writing makes some of the stories hard to read, and overall I wouldn't say the book is well written.

Holler, Child is a short. story collection consisting of eleven stories centering Black life. There are themes of motherhood, disability, marriage, child loss, racism, and more. Latoya Watkins has a gift for writing the emotional journey of internalized sadness on the page and providing readers with enough nuance to want to keep reading no matter how heavy the narrative feels. Her ability to write the inner life of Black women and to make the reader hold compassion for each character no matter the depth of trauma faced or caused continues to amaze me.

This is a powerful collection of stand along stories that help the reader consider what it means to be in pain, hold onto our pain, and have our inability to let pain go impact our ability to see clearly and not perpetuate the harm that gets caused both on a personal and interpersonal level.

Thank you to the author and publisher for the e-arc copy!