Mpr News With Kerri Miller

Are you ready to dive into some summer reading? MPR News host Kerri Miller has nine titles you should put on your list. On this week’s show, a “Take it to the Lake” special, she asked three people who spend a lot of time recommending books to devoted readers what titles they would put in your hands this season. She also talked to them about what makes a good summer read. Here’s what she heard. Glory Edim is the founder of Well-Read Black Girl , a podcast and digital literacy platform that celebrates the uniqueness of Black literature and sisterhood. Courtesy of Tiffany A. Bloomfield Glory Edim. “In the summer, I pick a book that lets me follow the plot. I’m in love with the voice; I’m a very voice-driven writer and editor. So if I can find a story that has a really sensational and powerful voice, I tend to save those reads for the summer, because that’s my fun time. That’s my let’s-get-lost-in-a-story time.” Summer book picks: “Post-Traumatic” by Chantel V. Johnson “The Mem