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Mateeka Quinn

Mateeka is a freelance writer who writes about entertainment-related stuffs at magazines local to the Dallas area. Follow her on Twitter: @MateekaQuinn.

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read In September

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, and much, ...

How Do We Feel About White Authors Writing Black Stories?

The post you’re reading is part of Book Riot’s observance of #BlackOutDay. We are turning our attention fully to issues ...

Where Are They Now?: Favorite Fictional Teens

The internet has made it next to impossible to miss anyone, hasn’t it? If I have a dream about my ...

The Best of Medium

I cannot tell a lie: I haven’t been up on my book game as much as I should be. Blame ...

When Someone You Know Writes a Bad Book

While we at the Riot are taking this lovely summer week off to rest (translation: read by the pool/ocean/on our ...

On Letting Go of My Literary Elitism

This is a guest post from Mateeka Quinn. Mateeka is a freelance writer who writes locally for entertainment magazines in ...

What To Do When Someone You Know Writes a Bad Book

This is a guest post from Mateeka Quinn. Mateeka is a freelance writer who writes locally for entertainment magazines in ...