New Releases: Black Girl Magic + Mozart

Hunt is an American journalist who has been living and working in London for a decade. Here we have her collection of essays on “what it means to be black, a woman, a mother, and a global citizen in today’s ever-changing world.” Wondering about the title? Read the first essay.

Y’know how sometimes you just want some history-related escapism, possibly in the form of a biography about a child-prodigy-turned-iconic-composer? Swafford has also written biographies of Beethoven and Brahms, so Mozart clearly had to be included through the means of a little backstep. If you’re a music nerd, or just curious about it, “it’s nearly impossible to understand classical music’s origins and indeed its evolutions, as well as the Baroque period, without studying the man himself.”

Stand-up comedian, host of The Circle, co-host of the podcast Adulting and more, Michelle Buteau is hilarious. Here she recounts stories from her career, her dating life, and how she met her Dutch photographer husband at a club (remember how that used to happen? or at least did in movies?). I’ll bet the audiobook of this is gonna be great.

Look at that fun cover. And from a university press book! Juavinett “provides a candid look at the field, offering practical guidance that explores everything from programming to personal stories.” This includes the history of neuroscience, how to apply to a PhD program, the daily life of a grad student, and more. I honestly want to read this just to know how all that goes, because dang, what a complicated field.