Freedom Reads 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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Paradise Lost: Red Premium Edition
John MiltonFreedom ReadsWe are proud to call @JohnJLennon1 one of our literary ambassadors. John is the author of a new intro to the forthcoming Freedom Edition of Milton’s Paradise Lost.
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon JamesFreedom ReadsHear from the brilliant @MarlonJames5 TODAY at 4 PM (ET) with our own @DwayneBetts (who talks about BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF most days anyway). It's not too late to register for this event - see you there! https://t.co/K92smnno3z https://t.co/l5BgECjPky
Paperback, 2020
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Marrow Thieves
Cherie DimalineFreedom ReadsThis week, we sent out 500 copies of @cherie_dimaline’s THE MARROW THIEVES (@dcbyoungreaders)(@orcabook). In partnership with @BreakFree_Ed, these books will make their way to 50 educators at youth detention facilities across the US
Paperback, 2017
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Women of Brewster Place: A Novel in Seven Stories
Gloria NaylorFreedom ReadsIn partnership with @nationalbook & with support from @Art4JusticeFund, Freedom Reads just sent 480 copies of Gloria Naylor’s THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE to 28 prisons. Put another way, that’s 360lbs of paper and prose making its way to incarcerated readers this week.
Hardcover, 2021
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner)
Sarah M. BroomFreedom ReadsIn partnership with @nationalbook, Freedom Reads is sending 600 copies of THE YELLOW HOUSE by @sarahmbroom to incarcerated readers across the US today! https://t.co/aO5lKdOv55
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Manchild in the Promised Land
Claude BrownFreedom Reads@dwaynebetts No one took you up on Wideman yet but as Reed said: "Brothers & Keepers" has "the impact of reading Claude Brown's powerful ''Manchild in the Promised Land'' and James Weldon Johnson's elegant ''The Autobiography of an Ex- Colored Man'' in alternating paragraphs."
Paperback, 2011
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Paradise Lost
John MiltonFreedom ReadsWe are proud to call @JohnJLennon1 one of our literary ambassadors. John is the author of a new intro to the forthcoming Freedom Edition of Milton’s Paradise Lost.
Paperback, 2008
$10.95$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon JohnsonFreedom Reads@dwaynebetts No one took you up on Wideman yet but as Reed said: "Brothers & Keepers" has "the impact of reading Claude Brown's powerful ''Manchild in the Promised Land'' and James Weldon Johnson's elegant ''The Autobiography of an Ex- Colored Man'' in alternating paragraphs."
Paperback, 2016
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Redaction
Reginald Dwayne BettsFreedom ReadsWatch Freedom Reads Founder and Director @dwaynebetts speak on his new book, REDACTION, with artist Titus Kaphar. https://t.co/rgIzh2RHML
Hardcover, 2023
$100.00$75.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon JohnsonFreedom Reads@dwaynebetts No one took you up on Wideman yet but as Reed said: "Brothers & Keepers" has "the impact of reading Claude Brown's powerful ''Manchild in the Promised Land'' and James Weldon Johnson's elegant ''The Autobiography of an Ex- Colored Man'' in alternating paragraphs."
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