MISBEHAVING AT THE CROSSROADS is simply outstanding! We had a wonderful evening reflecting on legacy, memory, and the power of Black womanhood. It was also lovely to see so many familiar faces in the audience.

MISBEHAVING AT THE CROSSROADS is a stunning collection of essays blending personal history, cultural criticism, and ancestral storytelling.

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𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬
𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿: Karen Chilton 
𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: Harper Audio (June 24, 2025)

Thank you @librofm & @harperbooks for the gifted ALC. I’m forever grateful. 💜📚🔥

I finished Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ new book Tuesday, and I’m still sitting with it. This isn’t just a collection of essays—it’s a whole reclamation. A declaration. A reminder that being Black, brilliant, academic, and LOUD is not a flaw—it’s a force.

This book reminded me that when you’re all those things, the world will try to silence you. Sometimes even your own people will ask you to shrink, to follow the path of patriarchy, to dim your light so others can feel comfortable. But Honorée said NAH. She said you don’t have to go dark or disappear to survive. There is another way, y’all! And she shows us how.

I didn’t think anything could top 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐖.𝐄.𝐁. 𝐃𝐮 𝐁𝐨𝐢𝐬, but this one? This one might’ve just outdone it. She put her whole soul in these pages. I felt seen, affirmed, and reminded that my voice is not too much—it’s necessary.

Karen Chilton, you rubbed my heart meat in all the right places. You carried this narration like it was sacred. Your voice had just the right touch—soft when it needed to soothe, sharp when it needed to cut, and the laughter was pure medicine. I was so deep in it, I forgot it wasn’t Honorée herself. Truly the perfect voice for this work.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book, especially these 3 chapters.

- Chp. 19 A Brief Note Concerning My Late Brother-Friend’s Usage of the N-Word as a Verb

- Chp. 22 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms of Respectability

- Chp. 35 Toni Morrison Did That

If you can’t tell by now, go on, and quit playin’ and get this book! Honorée done laid it all out, and you gon feel it in your spirit.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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