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For colored girls who have considered not reading anymore because all the books were written by straight white men and you've had enuf🤸🏿‍♀️

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Book Cover for: The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison
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Books pictured: ⚡ The Color Purple by Alice Walker ⚡ The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ⚡ Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison ⚡ Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston ⚡ The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison ⚡ Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin

Paperback, 2007

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Color Purple, Alice Walker

The Color Purple

Alice Walker
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Books pictured: ⚡ The Color Purple by Alice Walker ⚡ The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ⚡ Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison ⚡ Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston ⚡ The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison ⚡ Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin

Paperback, 2019

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, Roxane Gay

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

Roxane Gay
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I LOVE US FOR REAL. So much love to all who joined us for our discussion of HUNGER by @rgay last night. We had an insightful & vulnerable conversation around bodies & trauma & healing. Thanks for moderating, @ariattack. Grateful to facilitate sharing between & among black women💕 https://t.co/gnSKZS4o77

Paperback, 2018

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Hurricane Child, Kacen Callender

Hurricane Child

Kacen Callender
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#Diversespines: Day 5: Books in the air: Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender This is an MG novel set in the Caribbean with an MC with queer desires. An amazing story that may or may not make you cry 💕 https://t.co/vmMUpqIUxZ

Paperback, 2019

$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: An American Marriage, Tayari Jones

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones
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Meet us at 1043 Virginia Ave, Ste 213 for our discussion of An American Marriage by Tayari Jones! The goodness pops off at 7pm, so bring your books, brains, & beautiful black selves! And and and! If you can't make it in person, we'll be going live on IG! #ForColoredGirlsBookClub https://t.co/K32APKzLY9

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Book Cover for: Libertie, Kaitlyn Greenidge

Libertie

Kaitlyn Greenidge
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This month, our discussion book is LIBERTIE by Kaitlyn Greenidge and even though we won't be meeting to talk about it, I still really encourage y'all to read it. I wish for you all strength and compassion and security in the year of our Lorde 2021. https://t.co/2iv1rU78uA

Paperback, 2022

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler
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Happy birthday to Octavia Butler (born this day in 1947), the prophetic Black woman writer whose work gave us language for understanding this present moment and the importance of community to moving forward. 💜✨ [Pictured: PARABLE OF THE TALENTS and PARABLE OF THE SOWER] https://t.co/YSaBSSbvhk

Paperback, 2019

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color, Christopher Soto

Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color

Christopher Soto
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Happy #NationalComingOutDay If you haven't yet, check out this anthology, NEPANTLA: AN ANTHOLOGY DEDICATED TO QUEER POETS OF COLOR edited by Christopher Soto, featuring work from some of our faves like June Jordan, Audre Lorde, Danez Smith and so many others! ✨ https://t.co/9YCgoZEjXn

Paperback, 2018

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas
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Books pictured: ⚡ The Color Purple by Alice Walker ⚡ The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ⚡ Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison ⚡ Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston ⚡ The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison ⚡ Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin

Paperback, Large Print, 2022

$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: These Ghosts Are Family, Maisy Card

These Ghosts Are Family

Maisy Card
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Thank you, @simonschuster, for this copy of Maisy Card's THESE GHOSTS ARE FAMILY (out 3/20). We're really looking forward to reading this tale about a Jamaican man who faked his own death and assumed another identity, and the consequences that play out over generations. https://t.co/VLR5NoUHoe

Paperback, 2021

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book