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miss blame-it-on-the-world. east coast lit(erary) thot.

25 books
Book Cover for: Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, Toni Morrison

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison
Jordan TalihaJordan Taliha

in playing in the dark, toni morrison says that, “no early american writer is more important to the concept of american africanism than poe” https://t.co/xA4h4oX8XW

Paperback, 1993

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: God Help the Child, Toni Morrison

God Help the Child

Toni Morrison
Jordan TalihaJordan Taliha

kind of obsessed with toni morrison’s original titles for her novels ‘paradise’ was titled ‘war’ before an editor changed it ‘god help the child’ was titled ‘the wrath of children’ ‘a mercy’ was titled ‘mercy’ before she added the article ‘a’ to emphasize a singular gesture

Paperback, 2016

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Ann Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Ann Harriet Jacobs
Jordan TalihaJordan Taliha

“i was naturally of a confiding disposition, but slavery had made me suspicious of every body” — harriet jacobs, incidents in the life of a slave girl

Paperback, 2013

$14.95Member price:$14.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: On Narcissism: An Introduction, Sigmund Freud

On Narcissism: An Introduction

Sigmund Freud
Jordan TalihaJordan Taliha

“it is as if we envied them for maintaining a blissful state of mind—an unassailable libidinal position which we ourselves have since abandoned” — sigmund freud, “on narcissism,” 1914

Paperback, 2021

$5.95Member price:$5.36 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Palmares, Gayl Jones

Palmares

Gayl Jones
Jordan TalihaJordan Taliha

today i am virtually presenting my paper on gayl jones’s palmares and fictions of maroonage! (4:45pm EST/1:45pm PT) #ASAP13 https://t.co/9bIxLAfieJ

Paperback, 2022

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Linda Brent - Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Linda Brent - Harriet Ann Jacobs
Jordan TalihaJordan Taliha

“i was naturally of a confiding disposition, but slavery had made me suspicious of every body” — harriet jacobs, incidents in the life of a slave girl

Paperback, 2016

$14.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Tell Them to Be Quiet and Wait, Caroline Cook

Tell Them to Be Quiet and Wait

Caroline Cook
Jordan TalihaJordan Taliha

so so proud of my friend @caroline_e_cook and so excited for readers to see the brilliance i have witnessed in her long before this book was written!!! get your coins together and pre-order Tell Them To Be Quiet and Wait: https://t.co/SMI9fDbsyI https://t.co/faZAbyZQh9

Paperback, 2022

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World, Zakiyyah Iman Jackson

Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World

Zakiyyah Iman Jackson
Jordan TalihaJordan Taliha

the colloquium i coordinate is currently doing a reading group on “becoming human” by zakiyyah iman jackson and it’s going really well! question: do y’all have any recommendations or suggestions for complementary works that we should read next semester?

Paperback, 2020

$34.00Member price:$34.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Trafficking in Antiblackness: Modern-Day Slavery, White Indemnity, and Racial Justice, Lyndsey P. Beutin

Trafficking in Antiblackness: Modern-Day Slavery, White Indemnity, and Racial Justice

Lyndsey P. Beutin
Jordan TalihaJordan Taliha

the question to terrefe about slavery, slaveness, and human trafficking reminds me of lyndsey p. beutin’s “trafficking in antiblackness” https://t.co/VNJE93XbNO

Paperback, 2023

$26.95Member price:$25.60 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Jacobs
Jordan TalihaJordan Taliha

“i was naturally of a confiding disposition, but slavery had made me suspicious of every body” — harriet jacobs, incidents in the life of a slave girl

Paperback, 2001

$5.00Member price:$2.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book