Aleenah Ansari (she/her) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Aleenah Ansari is a journalist and writer. I write about representation in media, PNW travel, & entrepreneurship 🌈 | lifting as I climb | words for @ThisIsInsider, @SeattleTimes, @ByrdieBeauty, & more!

How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care
Cody Cook-Parrott
“It’s about loving your work so much that you can step away from it (it needs space sometimes too).” — How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care by Marlee Grace https://t.co/Y8q0ti9aOb
Paperback, 2018
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Interior Chinatown: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)
Charles Yu
I had the incredible honor of chatting with @charles_yu about his book "Interior Chinatown" and what it means to be Asian American, especially amid rising of hate crimes and attacks on Asian victims amid COVID-19. https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/charles-yu-on-identity-representation-and-what-it-means-to-be-asian-american/ for @seattletimes
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too
Ijeoma Oluo
Whether a reader is new to movement and abolitionist work or deeply committed to it, the book has something for everyone. There are ways to use one’s specific skills and interests to contribute to these movements.
Hardcover, 2024
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ways of Being
Sati Mookherjee
Who are we when grieving? While experiencing loss, it seems easier to run away from sadness. But to heal, perhaps we need to sit with grief side by side. Bellingham-based poet & lyricist Sati Mookherjee & I talked about this and more in this Q&A ⬇️ https://t.co/j4x5YTAawy
Paperback, 2023
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book