So We Can Glow

Leesa Cross-Smith
Adult Fiction -Crossm

Forty-two short stories ranging from Kentucky to California, from the 80's and 90's to the present day,  exploring female obsession and passion. Leesa Cross-Smith tells stories of friendships between teenage girls, bonds between mothers and the first heady rush of desire all while celebrating the wild souls of women. A book that will remind you of summer nights and sultry days and make you nostalgic for times gone by.


Black History Month

  • Hidden Figures : The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race


  • Parable of the Sower


  • The Vanishing Half


  • When They Call You a Terrorist: a Black Lives Matter Memoir


  • So We Can Glow


  • Thick: and Other Essays


  • The City We Became


  • Invisible : The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster


  • Conjure Women


  • The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food


  • Homie: Poems