RayRay Paints a Self-Portrait by Surayyah Fofana; Eliana Rodger, illustrator  Children’s book Larue PR, LLC, September 2021  In this children’s book as memoir, self-defined biracial activist, dancer, writer, high school student Surayyah “RayRay” Fofana has written a charming story that explores universal themes of identity and touchstones of belonging. The vibrancy of individuals, classmates, families, and communities rendered in full-color illustrations project depth and dimension while the figures present people of various shades, ages, and physical abilities. RayRay’s journey toward recognizing herself is timely and timeless.  How to Wrestle a Girl, Stories by Venita Blackburn  Fiction, short stories  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 2021  In two parts and acknowledgments How to Wrestle a Girl contemplates the circuitous paths toward freedom to live as one’s unapologetic, authentic self. In the titular “How to Wrestle a Girl” (fourth entry in Part I) narrow ideas about gendered