Jacob Szymanski

And there's one more that I'll recommend.

It's called Black Boys Like Me by Matthew R. Morris.

Morris is an educator in Toronto, public speaker, anti-racism activist.

And in this debut book, it's an eight essay collection where he reflects on the many things that influenced him growing up from the perspective of being a black Canadian who grew up in Scarborough, Toronto.

There's talk of hip-hop, educational spaces, performance, perception.

It's all well organized and thought out in a way that feels like he's been thinking about all these things for years, if not decades.

It's just got that type of feel.

And today, we're getting the chance to talk to him.

This is Audiobook Cafe.

I'm Jacob Szymanski.

Black Boys Like Me is available on Libro FM, Audible, and Sela in Human Narrated Audio.

It's about seven and a half hours long and narrated by the author.

Here's a sample.

That was a sample from Black Boys Like Me by Matthew R. Morris.

The author is here.

Matthew R. Morris, how's it going?

Welcome to the show.

I said in the intro that it feels like you've been thinking these things for years.

No, that's just my impression.

But is that what happened?