connect w me on Threads, Tribel, BlueSky, Insta Book Recommendations
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
Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism
Jenn M. Jacksonconnect w me on Threads, Tribel, BlueSky, InstaJackson’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 bookCrying in the Bathroom: A Memoir
Erika L. Sánchezconnect w me on Threads, Tribel, BlueSky, InstaBestselling 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 bookBriefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real about the End
Alua Arthurconnect w me on Threads, Tribel, BlueSky, InstaAs 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 bookEmergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Adrienne Maree Brownconnect w me on Threads, Tribel, BlueSky, InstaHappy 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 bookCounterfeit: A Reese's Book Club Pick
Kirstin Chenconnect w me on Threads, Tribel, BlueSky, InstaWhat 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 bookCistem Failure: Essays on Blackness and Cisgender
Marquis Beyconnect w me on Threads, Tribel, BlueSky, InstaDr. 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 bookThe Catch Me If You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World
Jessica Nabongoconnect w me on Threads, Tribel, BlueSky, InstaGet 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 bookJournal of a Black Queer Nurse
Britney Danielsconnect w me on Threads, Tribel, BlueSky, InstaSo 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 bookThe Baddest Bitch in the Room: A Memoir
Sophia Changconnect w me on Threads, Tribel, BlueSky, Insta@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 bookThe First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814
John Grenierconnect w me on Threads, Tribel, BlueSky, Insta4 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