Beacon Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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#Publisher of #WhiteFragility, #TheHeritage, #NotesOfANativeSon, #MansSearchForMeaning, & more since 1854. #antiracism #activism #socialjustice
The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions
Paula Gunn AllenBeacon Press✅ @DainaRameyBerry & Kali Nicole Gross’s A BLACK WOMEN’S HISTORY OF THE US ✅ Mary Daly’s GYN/ECOLOGY ✅ @FeministaJones’s RECLAIMING OUR SPACE ✅ Paula Gunn Allen’s THE SACRED HOOP Love seeing all the Beacon rep on @nypl’s roundup! #WHM https://t.co/33bf9xSRKH
Paperback, 2012
$25.00Member price:$25.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine HansberryBeacon PressAs A RAISIN IN THE SUN returns to The Public Theater, @kai_wright revisits Lorraine Hansberry’s truly timeless writing and the legacy she left with @imaniperry. #BlackExcellence https://t.co/dD36sxSROb
Paperback, Mass Market, 2004
$8.95Member price:$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed
Robin BroadBeacon PressMurder can be the cost of protecting the environment in other countries. Robin Broad & John Cavanagh told @coleman_II that was their introduction to the story of the Water Defenders of El Salvador. Never take water for granted. #WorldWaterDay @IPS_DC https://t.co/nIzbyhseli
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Vinegar Hill
Colm TóibínBeacon PressIt’s #NationalPoetryMonth, which means that Colm Tóibín’s poetry collection, VINEGAR HILL, is out in paperback along with these other wonderful collections! @lithub @GabbyBellot https://t.co/jncV6xNFfY
Paperback, 2023
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Julian Bond's Time to Teach: A History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Julian BondBeacon PressRT @james3neal: Book review: 'Julian Bond’s Time to Teach: A History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement' | Reviewer: @jillmwatts | Introduction and HT: @JeanneTheoharis | Publisher: @BeaconPressBks https://t.co/knh35pJgGk https://t.co/M2ooDC9aoD
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Corregidora
Gayl JonesBeacon PressToni Morrison said it. James Baldwin said it. And now @victorlavalle said it. Gayl Jones’s CORREGIDORA is a masterpiece. Don’t sleep on it, y’all! 😉 https://t.co/X5t3klRfr1
Paperback, 2019
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral
Jessie Redmon FausetBeacon PressIf you loved @britrbennett’s THE VANISHING HALF, you’ve got to dive into Jessie Redmon Fauset’s PLUM BUN. It poses the question: How can one balance desire and ambition as a Black woman in America? What sacrifices must she make? @MorganJerkins https://t.co/R7evqf6UuR
Hardcover, 2025
$24.99Member price:$22.49 + Free shipping10% off
Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture
Sara PetersenBeacon Press🗣️ TOMORROW! @PorterSqBoston is hosting @slouisepetersen’s chat about her book MOMFLUENCED with @AlysiaAbbott at 7PM. Get in on the momfluencer culture convo and RSVP! ➡️ https://t.co/cCZxHaUQ9Z https://t.co/cLRfOnntht
Hardcover, 2023
$28.99Member price:$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century
Jasmine BrownBeacon PressSo stoked (and grateful!) to see @JasmineB_Author’s TWICE AS HARD on @wmag’s list of 12 Books to Read This #WomensHistoryMonth (and Year-Round)! 🙏 https://t.co/ydRh4ZDd7H
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And the Category Is.: Inside New York's Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community
Ricky TuckerBeacon PressFingers crossed for June 9! 🤞 🤞 @Rick_Tuck_Lit’s AND THE CATEGORY IS is a @LambdaLiterary Award finalist in nonfiction! 🙌 Let’s see his book werk it at the Lammys! https://t.co/ZmbBXy9ymh https://t.co/t0xEHSA2Sd
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book