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Karla J. Strand is a historian, librarian and writer. I’m (mostly) out. Find me on Instagram and Threads @karlajstrand. The @GWSLibrarian will be at those also. @karlajstrand.bsky.social

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Book Cover for: Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism, Jenn M. Jackson

Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism

Jenn M. Jackson
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Jackson’s debut pays homage to the Black women who led movements for freedom, justice and liberation in the U.S. and around the globe. From Audre Lorde to Ida B. Wells, Jackson’s 11 critical and thoughtful essays illuminate these leaders and implore us to learn from their legacies.

Hardcover, 2024

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir, Erika L. Sánchez

Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir

Erika L. Sánchez
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Bestselling author Erika L. Sánchez has written this unique yet relatable memoir in essays that will have you crying from laughter and heartbreak. Keep the tissues nearby!

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real about the End, Alua Arthur

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real about the End

Alua Arthur
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As a death doula, Alua Arthur has witnessed many aching for peace in life’s last moments. In her insightful debut memoir, she compassionately shares how reflecting upon our inevitable impending death can breathe new life into each of us.

Hardcover, 2024

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, Adrienne Maree Brown

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

Adrienne Maree Brown
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Happy Monday, friends. Today I'm thinking about how brokenness can contribute to balance instead of sabotaging it : “I think it is healing behavior, to look at something so broken and see the possibility and wholeness in it.”― Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategy https://t.co/KfG0MjpYZd

Paperback, 2017

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Counterfeit: A Reese's Book Club Pick, Kirstin Chen

Counterfeit: A Reese's Book Club Pick

Kirstin Chen
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What happens when two former college roommates go all-in on a counterfeit handbag scheme? You will enjoy finding out in Chen’s frank, feminist and funny new novel.

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cistem Failure: Essays on Blackness and Cisgender, Marquis Bey

Cistem Failure: Essays on Blackness and Cisgender

Marquis Bey
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Dr. Bey is at the leading edge of conversations about gender: what it means to be cisgender, how that equates to whiteness, how Blackness is a non-cis space, and more. Reading Marquis Bey always opens my mind and practices.

Paperback, 2022

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World, Jessica Nabongo

The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

Jessica Nabongo
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Get ready for some serious wanderlust after checking out this book! Travel writer Jessica Nabongo lets us bask in her glory with delightful stories and breathtaking photographs of her top 100 adventures in the world.

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Journal of a Black Queer Nurse, Britney Daniels

Journal of a Black Queer Nurse

Britney Daniels
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So I just wanted to give a mention to a new book by @BlackQueerNurse entitled Journal of a Black Queer Nurse. I just read it in a sitting and was so moved, enlightened, enraged, and hopeful all at once. Thank you, Britney, for sharing your stories with readers! https://t.co/ckKxtI1U81

Paperback, 2023

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Baddest Bitch in the Room: A Memoir, Sophia Chang

The Baddest Bitch in the Room: A Memoir

Sophia Chang
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@JalisaNichole Maybe Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Her Word Is Bond: Navigating Hip Hop and Relationships in a Culture of Misogyny by PsalmOne, and not Black but so good: The Baddest Bitch in the Room by Sophia Chang.

Hardcover, 2020

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814, John Grenier

The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814

John Grenier
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4 of 5 stars to The First Way of War by John Grenier https://t.co/JZtVf6EdYa

Paperback, 2008

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book