Searching for Sycorax

"As an avid fan of science fiction, horror, and fantasy, I found Searching for Sycorax's interrogation of the erasure of black women in mainstream horror compelling, timely, and significant." -- LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant * coeditor of Womanist and Black Feminist Responses to Tyler Perry's Productions *
"Searching for Sycorax is unlike anything I have ever read. Brooks' excavation of Black women's presence in horror is a ground-breaking, game changing must read for scholars and aficionados alike." -- Susana M. Morris * author of Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Black Women's Literature *
Author Kinitra D. Brooks was featured in an article in The Cut on a similar issue of black women in popular culture, entitled "Beyonce Is the Leonardo da Vinci of Instagram." -- Emilia Petrarca * TheCut.com *
"A deep exploration how Black women create horror that spawns a new knowledge of the genre that worries the intersections of race and gender to gain a better understanding, and continue the ongoing conversation as well as activity in the Black Women's Horror Renaissance." * Graveyard Shift Sisters *
"BOOK CORNER: Author highlights influence of black women in horror" by Marissa Wells * LA Wave *
"Discusses black women of the Americas and Britain as creators and characters in the horror genre." * Chronicle *
"Students tap into popular culture to explore theories of race and gender" Searching for Sycorax mention * UTSA Today *
"Why Are There So Many Bunnies in Scary Movies?" by Cady Lang - interview with Dr. Kinitra D. Brooks * Time *
"Us Makes Us Look in the Mirror-What If We Don't Like What We See?," by Kinitra D. Brooks * Elle *
Mention in "#StokersSoWhite: 2016-2018, the fall of tokenism at the HWA"
https://sfbayview.com/2019/10/stokerssowhite-2016-2018-the-fall-of-tokenism-at-the-hwa/ * San Francisco Bay View *