JMJ-is-on-break 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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Jessica Marie Johnson is a historian. "I seek ancient conjure that would guide us." Djola, Master of Poisons (Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston) Cover Image: Ernestine (on Tweet break)
Haunted by Slavery: A Memoir of a Southern White Woman in the Freedom Struggle
Gwendolyn Midlo HallJMJ-is-on-breakGwendolyn Midlo Hall & Kalamu Ya Salaam celebrate the release of Hall’s memoir, Haunted By Slavery https://tmblr.co/Z9XVXycBR-CrWi00
Paperback, 2021
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lost Promise of Civil Rights
Risa L. GoluboffJMJ-is-on-breakRT @KaraWSwanson: @womnknowhistory So many! The Lost Promise of Civil Rights, by Risa Goluboff Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah…
Paperback, 2009
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Autochthonomies: Transnationalism, Testimony, and Transmission in the African Diaspora
Myriam J. a. ChancyJMJ-is-on-breakWeek is almost over and still thinking through Chancy's provocations in #Autochthonomies. Our conversation next week with @inthewhirld is going to blow us away, I know it. Trying to decide which unruly woman/girl she writes about is my favorite 🙃🙇🏾 #BlackWorldSeminar
Paperback, 2020
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kindred
Octavia ButlerJMJ-is-on-breakMy thanks to the @drshow book club for having me on to discuss Octavia Butler's Kindred. The book is a haunting. A pleasure to learn from copanelists and colleagues Lim and Canavan; and from Butler always and again 🙇🏾 https://t.co/FDkTDxTSXt
Paperback, 2004
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery
Vincent BrownJMJ-is-on-breakRT @dykearchive: if you can bear it, Vincent Brown’s The Reaper’s Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery is a very instru…
Paperback, 2010
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex HaleyJMJ-is-on-breakBlack Genealogy After Alex Haley’s Roots | AAIHSBlack Genealogy After Alex Haley’s Roots https://t.co/78hyB8cDtK
Paperback, 2016
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Digital Black Feminism
Catherine Knight SteeleJMJ-is-on-breakAnd a couple specific to SOCIAL MEDIA since this is the context we are discussing Catherine Knight Steele, Digital Black Feminism (New York: NYU Press, 2021).
Paperback, 2021
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist
Sesali BowenJMJ-is-on-breakSesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl and her thinking on trap feminism are gems. Its taking me back to the 2010s of Black girl blogging brilliance and irreverence. 🤸🏾♀️🤸🏾♀️🤸🏾♀️🤸🏾♀️ Lots of shout outs to SOLHOT! @BadFatBlackGirl @WELevitateMusic https://t.co/fpSsrWhmze
Paperback, 2022
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South
Stephanie M. H. CampJMJ-is-on-breakStephanie M. H. Camp, Closer to freedom: Enslaved women and everyday resistance in the plantation south. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004).
Paperback, 2004
$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship, and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic
Jennifer L. MorganJMJ-is-on-breakSomehow Jennifer Morgan's new book also makes sense here (as in, I will find any reason I can to bring Reckoning with Slavery into the conversation) https://t.co/VgkW5d7fuE
Paperback, 2021
$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book