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All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation #1) By bell hooks Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060959470
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - January 30th, 2018

A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy.  All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.


Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto By Tricia Hersey Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316365215
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Published: Little, Brown Spark - October 11th, 2022

***INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***

Disrupt and push back against capitalism and white supremacy. In this book, Tricia Hersey, aka The Nap Bishop, encourages us to connect to the liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for healing and justice.

What would it be like to live in a well-rested world?


Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety By Cara Page, Erica Woodland, Aurora Levins Morales (Foreword by) Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781623177140
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Published: North Atlantic Books - February 7th, 2023

A profound offering and call to action—collective stories, testimonials, and incantations for renewing political and spiritual liberation grounded in Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and Queer and Trans healing justice lineages


The Night Is Long But Light Comes in the Morning: Meditations for Racial Healing By Catherine Meeks, Michael B. Curry (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Catherine Meeks, Michael B. Curry (Foreword by)
$24.95
ISBN: 9781640655973
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Published: Morehouse Publishing - November 22nd, 2022

From the winner of The President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award, a spiritual guide to restoring yourself from racial trauma and committing to the long work of dismantling racism.


Gone Like Yesterday: A Novel By Janelle M. Williams Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593471630
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Published: Tiny Reparations Books - February 14th, 2023

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK

A lyrical debut novel that asks what we owe to our families, what we owe to our ancestors, and what we owe to ourselves. Janelle M. Williams’s Gone Like Yesterday employs magical realism to explore the majestic and haunting experience of being a Black woman in today’s America.   
 


No More Police: A Case for Abolition By Mariame Kaba, Andrea Ritchie Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781620977323
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Published: New Press - August 30th, 2022

An instant national best seller

A persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers

"One of the world's most prominent advocates, organizers and political educators of the abolitionist] framework." --NBCNews.com on Mariame Kaba


Maroons: A Grievers Novel (Black Dawn) By Adrienne Maree Brown Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781849354806
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Published: AK Press - February 14th, 2023

Praise for Maroons: "brown's sensational second contribution to AK Press's Black Dawn series.... Equally thrilling and thought-provoking, this will put readers in mind of speculative greats like Octavia Butler and Samuel R. Delaney."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)


So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth By Aracelis Girmay (Editor) Cover Image
By Aracelis Girmay (Editor)
$21.95
ISBN: 9781642598391
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Published: Haymarket Books - February 7th, 2023

In this brave and devastatingly beautiful anthology, the illustrious poet and editor Aracelis Girmay gathers complex and intimate pieces that illuminate the nuances of personal and collective histories, analyses, practices, and choices surrounding pregnancy.


“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People (Myths Made in America) By Aubrey Gordon Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9780807006474
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Published: Beacon Press - January 10th, 2023

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
AN INDIE BESTSELLER


“One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her.”—Jameela Jamil, iWeigh Podcast


How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) By Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illustrator)
$9.95
ISBN: 9781937006884
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Published: Parallax Press - December 1st, 2014

The most popular book in the "How To" series: advice, practices, and food for thought from a Zen Master on our most universal emotion. 

The third book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.


Begin the World Over By Kung Li Sun Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781849354721
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Published: AK Press - August 23rd, 2022

"This historical fiction with a twist has an intriguing plot that will make the reader ask how the world could be different."
--Booklist

A revolutionary tale of Black and Indigenous insurrection. History as it should have been.


Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection By Deepa Iyer Cover Image
$20.00
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ISBN: 9781732066632
Published: Thick Press - November 30th, 2022

A roadmap for those who are ready to deepen their commitment to social justice from racial justice advocate, Deepa Iyer.

To engage in social change at this moment in time requires consistent attention, deep reflection, and committed collective action.


We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice By Mariame Kaba, Tamara K. Nopper (Editor), Naomi Murakawa (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Mariame Kaba, Tamara K. Nopper (Editor), Naomi Murakawa (Foreword by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781642595253
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Published: Haymarket Books - February 23rd, 2021

"Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being concerned about how you're going to actually build power in order to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the target to actually move in the way that you want to."


Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America By Daniel Black Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781335449382
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Published: Hanover Square Press - January 31st, 2023

*A Zibby's Most Anticipated Book of 2023*
*A "Next Big Idea Club" Must-Read Book for January*

*An Essence "Books by Black Authors to Read This Winter" Pick*
*An Ebony Entertainment "Required Reading" Book for January*


Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology By Julie E. Bloemeke (Editor), Dustin Brookshire (Editor) Cover Image
By Julie E. Bloemeke (Editor), Dustin Brookshire (Editor)
$20.95
ISBN: 9781956440515
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Published: Madville Publishing LLC - January 17th, 2023

Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology offers 54 poets' takes on often-unsung facets of this diamond in a rhinestone world-calling in Dolly's impeccable comedic timing, her lyric mastery, her business acumen, and her Dollyverse advocacy.


Monstersona By Chloe Spencer Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781915585004
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Published: Tiny Ghost Press - February 14th, 2023

This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us By Cole Arthur Riley Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593239797
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Published: Convergent Books - January 31st, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her family alongside contemplative reflections to discover the “necessary rituals” that connect us with our belonging, dignity, and liberation.


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Peter Darling By Austin Chant Cover Image
$13.79
ISBN: 9781087808659
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Published: Austin Chant - June 1st, 2021

This Bridge Called My Back, Fortieth Anniversary Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color By Cherríe Moraga (Editor), Gloria Anzaldúa (Editor) Cover Image
By Cherríe Moraga (Editor), Gloria Anzaldúa (Editor)
$40.19
ISBN: 9781438488288
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Published: State University of New York Press - November 1st, 2021

Originally released in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back is a testimony to women of color feminism as it emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century.


Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Queer Women in the Urban South By La Shonda Mims Cover Image
$27.45
ISBN: 9781469670553
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Published: University of North Carolina Press - December 6th, 2022

After World War II, Atlanta and Charlotte emerged as leading urban centers in the South, redefining the region through their competing metropolitan identities. Both cities also served as home to queer communities who defined themselves in accordance with their urban surroundings and profited to varying degrees from the emphasis on economic growth.