SPEAKING OF SUMMER 20 Best Mystery Books to Read for Your Inner Sleuth | ELLE

RUNNING TO FALL 21 Best Thriller Books by Authors of Color for Halloween | KB in Bloom

The Full Rainbow of Experience | Lisa Unger’s Notes from the Margins

RUNNING TO FALL Interview with Kalisha Buckhanon | The Big Thrill

RUNNING TO FALL If you read one book this week | Amazon Book Review

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 8 of the Best Crime Thrillers | Book Riot

RUNNING TO FALL November Books by Black Writers We Can’t Wait to Read | The Root

UPSTATE 10 Black-Themed Stories We Grew Up With and Still Love Today | HuffPost UK

RUNNING TO FALL 10 Must-Read New Books Out This Week | Bustle

RUNNING TO FALL 18 New Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Summer | Essence

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 15 Gripping Mystery Novels Written by Black Women | POPSUGAR

100 Black novelists you should read | USA Today

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 2020 Summer Reading Challenge | POPSUGAR

SPEAKING OF SUMMER The New Wave of Private Eye Fiction | Crimereads

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 29 of the Best Beach Reads of 2020 | O Magazine

11 Mystery and Suspense Authors Like Gillian Flynn | Book Riot

SPEAKING OF SUMMER If You Loved ‘Nancy Drew’ As a Kid… | Bustle

SPEAKING OF SUMMER AAMBC Literary Awards 2020 | AAMBC Awards

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 12 Fantastic Books About Sisters | Celadon Books

Kalisha Buckhanon: “Writing is My Own University” | LitHub

Black women gone missing: Kalisha Buckhanon’s ‘Speaking of Summer’ explores the devastating impact | Chicago Tribune

“I Came to Chicago to Work” | Chicago Review of Books

SPEAKING OF SUMMER Reviews | AALBC, O Magazine, Mystery Scene, Library Journal, Booklist (starred review), Shelf Awareness, Chicago Defender, New City, Paperback Paris, Kirkus, Write or Die Tribe, Behind the Mic, Audiofile

SPEAKING OF SUMMER “Best of the Summer” lists | Essence, New York Post, BBC, USA Today, TIME Magazine, O Magazine, Buzzfeed, LitHub, The Fine Line Magazine, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Domino, Herald Standard, The National, The Brooklyn Rail, Bustle, Minneapolis Star Tribune, CrimeReads, BookBub, BookRiot, Identity Mag, American Writers Museum, Hypebae, Watertown, The Skimm

SPEAKING OF SUMMER Best Books of July 2019 | Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Ms., Chicago Review of Books, Fast Company, Refinery29, Crimereads, Washington Post, Real Simple

SPEAKING OF SUMMER Most Anticipated Books of 2019 | LitHub, The Millions, Ms. Magazine, The Grio, AALBC, BookRiot, LitHub, “Read or Dead” podcast

SPEAKING OF SUMMER Changing the Conversation | Write or Die Tribe

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 9 Books About Missing and Murdered Black People | Book Riot

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 15 of the Best Feminist Mystery Novels | Book Riot

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 10 Books the Explore the Complex Relationships of Sisters | Shondaland

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 74 Books to Highlight Black Authors During #BlackoutBestsellerList Initiative | POPSUGAR

SPEAKING OF SUMMER Reading for Change: Booklist-Recommended Antiracism Titles for All Ages | Booklist

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 6 of the Best Audiobooks for Mental Health Awareness Month | Book Riot

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 6 Novels Exploring How (and How Long) We Process Trauma | Crimereads

SPEAKING OF SUMMER Memory and Modernity: A PEN Out Loud Reading List | PEN America

SPEAKING OF SUMMER Justice for All: New Mysteries & Thrillers 2019 | Publisher’s Weekly

UPSTATE 7 of the Best Books Set in New York State | Book Riot

UPSTATE Literature for Justice: Stories of Incarceration | Literary Hub Book Marks

UPSTATE 5 Important Books Bearing Witness to America’s Carceral State | Literary Hub

UPSTATE 5 Books About Mass Incarceration to Read, According To The National Book Foundation  |  Bustle

Kalisha Buckhanon releases Speaking of Summer | Black PRWire

SPEAKING OF SUMMER Crime from Sea to Shining Sea | Sisters in Crime at Book Club Central

SPEAKING OF SUMMER Thriller Quest at Day of Dialog 2019 | Library Journal

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 16 Books to kick off your fall reading list | The Grio

SPEAKING OF SUMMER Best New Books | The Booklist Reader

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 7 new books not to miss… | Chicago Sun-Times

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 5 Books Not to Miss… | USA Today

SPEAKING OF SUMMER 4 New Books That’ll Heat Up Your Summer | O Magazine

SPEAKING OF SUMMER Best New Books to Read in July | Time Magazine

SOLEMN “A Voice Dying to Be Heard” | New City Lit 

SOLEMN “A ‘Solemn’ Assembly”  | Deep South Magazine

SOLEMN “Life Through Fiction”  | The University of Chicago Magazine

SOLEMN “A Solemn Story Of a Young Woman’s Awakening”  | The Crisis Magazine

SOLEMN “10 Questions with a local author who made it big.”  | The Daily Journal

SOLEMN “Terpischore’s Atrium with Kalisha Buckhanon”  | Morphemic Morphology

SOLEMN “Write. Hard. Create with Kalisha Buckhanon”  | The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review

SOLEMN Authors Terry McMillan and Kalisha Buckhanon Inspire at Harlem Arts Salon | HarlemWorld

SOLEMN “Kalisha Buckhanon has no problem taking readers into the lives of those we often pass by.”  | Essence Magazine

 “Solemn captures the plight of a black girl who sees and knows too much too soon…”  | The Washington Post

SOLEMN “…top notch literary fiction…”  | Library Journal  

SOLEMN “This standout novel is anchored by its vulnerable and brave heroine…”  | Publisher’s Weekly

SOLEMN “Buckhanon crafts a hypnotic tale, poetically conjuring the intricate workings of Solemn’s thoughts and ghostly visitations.”  | Kirkus Reviews

SOLEMN “…an emotional, expressive novel about family, obligation and community.”  | Bookpage

 SOLEMN 17 Best Fiction Books to Springboard Your Summer  | Bustle

 SOLEMN Summer’s Here: What Will You Be Reading?  | Asheville Citizen-Times

“Solemn” gives a voice to a troubled daughter.  | The Denver Post 

SOLEMN Deep South‘s 2016 Summer Reading List| Deep South Magazine

SOLEMN “In this lyrical, haunting coming-of-age story, Solemn struggles to find identity and a way forward…”  | The University of Chicago Magazine

SOLEMN Summer Reading List  | New School Alumni

SOLEMN Terry McMillan: “Our stories are worth reading.”  | Black Life, Arts & Culture

SOLEMN 17 Books by Black Women You Need in Your Life This Spring  | Hello Beautiful

SOLEMN Chicago Book News  | The Chicago Tribune

SOLEMN Terrific Books Coming in May  | African-American Literature Book Club

“Solemn is written in lyrically beautiful, poetic language…”  | RT Reviews

SOLEMN 6 Black Books for Readers of All Ages | Code Black Report

SOLEMN Southern Voice: Race in Place  |  Deep South Magazine

Favorite Villains: Kalisha on “Beauty and the Beast”  | The Chicago Tribune

“Dating While Smart: Extra Hard For Black Women”  | The Root

UPSTATE Debut  | Sable Lit Mag

Community Profile: Chicago  | Chicago Tribune

UPSTATE " ...one of the most nuanced and intimate reflections of all the ways different intersecting identities can be affected by reproductive injustice."  |  Bitch Media

UPSTATE 50 Books by Women of Color  |  Bitch Media

UPSTATE “You can judge a book by its title.”  | The Weeklings & Salon

UPSTATE “Book clubs to judge ‘hidden gems’ award.”  | The Guardian

UPSTATE “Best Contemporary Epistolary Novels”  | The Book Case: The Book Page Blog

UPSTATE “100 Epistolary Novels from the Past and Present”  | BookRiot

UPSTATE Great Summer Books for Black Girls  | My Brown Baby

CONCEPTION Best Adult Books for High School Students 2008  | School Library Journal 

 “Conception remains the work of a gifted young novelist…”  | The Washington Post

“The Holistic Writer: An Interview With Kalisha Buckhanon”  | Mosaic Literary Magazine

“A Nuanced Young Black Voice” | Colorlines

CONCEPTION “A Child in a Windstorm”  | Chicago Sun-Times

CONCEPTION Q & A with Kalisha Buckhanon | Black Beat

CONCEPTION “…balances a sorrowful lyricism with a bitter stocktaking”  | Publishers Weekly

CONCEPTION “…an emotional journey of self-discovery…”  | Audiofile 

CONCEPTION “A poignant, heart-wrenching novel…”  | Kirkus Reviews

CONCEPTION “transcends the usual tragic story of the unwed teen mother living in the big city.”  | Chicago Sun-Times

CONCEPTION “A blistering reality check.”  | Ebony Magazine

UPSTATE “A sensitive portrayal of lovers that moves beyond gritty urban fiction…”  | Essence

UPSTATE “…a moving and uplifting story of hope in the face of adversity.”  | Publisher’s Weekly

UPSTATE Story Time | Chicago Magazine

UPSTATE “An affecting first novel…”  | People Magazine

“Upstate captures the faithfulness and tenacity of young love.”  | Entertainment Weekly

UPSTATE “…a rare audio find whose voices linger in the mind long after its final chapter.”  | Audiofile

“Upstate, for all its sorrow, is a book worth reading.”  | Bookpage

‘Upstate’ a moving tale of young love  | Chicago Tribune

UPSTATE “A moving work of art that can be appreciated by all readers.”  | Reviewers Bookwatch

UPSTATE Review | Booklist

UPSTATE “…a story well worth reading.”  | Black Issues Book Review

UPSTATE “Suitable Literature: Schools Walk the Line”  | Hartford Courant

UPSTATE The best first lines in YA  | Authorology

UPSTATE “I’ll refrain from calling Kalisha Buckhanon ‘the next Toni Morrison.’ But it will be difficult...”  | Fresh Fiction

UPSTATE “Introducing Kalisha Buckhanon” | The Guardian

UPSTATE “And now what? A young writer struggles to write the next great novel…” | Black Issues Book Review

UPSTATE “Bookkeeping: Novel Drives Demand for Author” | Ad Week/Galley Cat

UPSTATE “Upstate of the Art: Teacher Pens Novel for Rap Generation”  | New York Daily News