Imani Perry 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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The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Lorraine HansberryImani PerrySince the Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window is on Broadway, I *really* want to encourage folks to read Looking for Lorraine’s discussion of its queer themes & feminism. Hansberry was thinking so brilliantly about both subjects…
Paperback, 2021
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Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. ButlerImani PerryOctavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower [is] eerily prescient when it comes to our contemporary crises around violence, vulnerability, and community.
Paperback, 2019
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The Birdcatcher
Gayl JonesImani PerryI’ll never tire of reading my literary heroes. I’ll never get over the thrill of telling the world about them ❤️
Hardcover, 2022
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A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine HansberryImani Perry@keywilliamss_ And hand selected by neighbor Lorraine Hansberry to play Travis in a Raisin in the Sun on Broadway ❤️
Paperback, Mass Market, 2004
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August Wilson: A Life
Patti HartiganImani PerryThe critic Patti Hartigan’s August Wilson: A Life traces the larger context of his achievement as thoroughly as it does his distinctive vision...Wilson’s vision conjoined hoodoo and history in completely singular ways. Against the odds, he arrived at the apex of American theater.
Hardcover, 2023
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The Last White Man
Mohsin HamidImani PerryI read Mohsin Hamid’s The Last White Man and it is as though Saramago’s Blindness and Kafka’s Metamorphosis had a baby, filtered through this age of white replacement theory and social media. Deeply provocative and I highly recommend it.
Paperback, 2023
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Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
Maya AngelouImani PerryAlso, a note about last week’s confirmation of KBJ: Gen X Black American women with African/Afrocentric names and mamas who wore Afros and dashikis usually know a few Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni and Ntozake Shange poems by heart as anchors ❤️. 2 cents worth knowing.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1996
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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani PerryImani PerryAnd last but not least South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Ecco 2022 https://t.co/8lBMK3cbGW
Paperback, 2023
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The Comet
W. E. B. Du BoisImani PerryRT @JeremyLittau: This is a thought-provoking read by @imaniperry that draws on Du Bois' "The Comet." Her newsletter has been one of my fav…
Paperback, 2021
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Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality
Tomiko Brown-NaginImani PerryOh! Also I recommend Tomiko Brown Nagin’s new book Civil Rights Queen a biography of Constance Baker Motley. Important and compelling history.
Paperback, 2023
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