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Kweli Journal Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Award winning literary magazine & 501(c)(3). Kweli means truth. We seek out & publish work of BIPOC writers that sing the truth. Art: Magaly Morales

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Book Cover for: The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison
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Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye has been adapted for the stage by playwright, Lydia R. Diamond, at THE HUNTINGTON, in Boston. Performances begin on 1/28. Digital access to the filmed performance will be available thru 3/27. See the link below for more info! https://www.theatermania.com/boston-theater/news/casting-announced-for-the-bluest-eye-huntington_93193.html

Paperback, 2007

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Gods of Want: Stories

K-Ming Chang
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💐 Congratulations to K-Ming Chang, a @kwelijournal International Literary Festival #KweliLitFest21 presenter, on her @LambdaLiterary Award for GODS OF WANT, out in paperback June 20. #HappyPrideMonth2023

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Forever Cousins

Laurel Goodluck
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Congratulations to Laurel Goodluck, whose 🎉 debut #picturebook 🎉 FOREVER COUSINS dropped this week! This tender story abt cousins reunited on the Rez also highlights the ongoing impact of the Indian Relocation Act. Buy a copy from an Indigenous bookstore https://t.co/gs2cRa8Nfm https://t.co/RhRi8NTzFq

Hardcover, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Plátanos Go with Everything

Lissette Norman
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TODAY in #NYC! Join @kwelijournal as we celebrate the new bilingual #kidlit #picturebook PLÁTANOS GO WITH EVERYTHING by @lissettejnorman with a reading by the author and LIVE dance by Mia Bermudez at @BalletHispanico. RSVP via email to events@kwelijournal.org https://t.co/KSXKQ4P3O6

Hardcover, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: What Is Juneteenth?, Kirsti Jewel

What Is Juneteenth?

Kirsti Jewel
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Today is the day to get a copy of "WHAT IS JUNETEENTH?" by 2020 Kweli Writing Fellow & #Kweli22Virtual presenter, Kirsti Jewel. Kirsti shares stories from #Juneteenth celebrations, both past & present & chronicles the history that led to the creation of this pivotal day. #kidlit https://t.co/wcBSepoTXc

Paperback, 2022

$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Family Izquierdo, Rubén Degollado

The Family Izquierdo

Rubén Degollado
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New author interview with @ruben_degollado: His latest book “The Family Izquierdo,” has earned starred reviews and glowing write ups. He’s at work on the next installment in his Degollado Fictional Universe. Read the full Q&A here 👇 https://t.co/SWEEkqCtoF

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Operation Sisterhood

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
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@ayawrites Yes, the OPERATION SISTERHOOD book event with Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich & Torrey Maldonado is on Saturday, May 14th, 4pm at Word Up Bookstore. Would be wonderful to see you! 💐💖 https://t.co/htxBlLj2YY

Paperback, 2023

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Man Made Monsters

Andrea Rogers
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Your perfect Halloween read 🐈‍⬛ "Man-Made Monsters" by @AndreaLRogers, title story of her new collection we're celebrating Tues 11/1 "Dear Georgia, I hardly know how to explain what I have seen. Yesterday, I surprised Charles with the preserved toad..." https://t.co/GMpxtgMbiq https://t.co/lx7cyZ98Jq

Hardcover, 2022

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart: Stories, Alice Walker

The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart: Stories

Alice Walker
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We can't wait for this debut collection to come out in NOVEMBER feat. stories of voices erased for too long: Black, rural, working class women. Martin Lammon calls it the "most authentic, heartfelt fiction I've read in a long time, stories akin to Alice Walker's Everyday Use.” https://t.co/HYi5dtf5Sg

Paperback, 2001

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Daughters of Smoke and Fire, Ava Homa

Daughters of Smoke and Fire

Ava Homa
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ICYMI: The essay "Woman, Life, Freedom" by @AvaHoma, author of the novel "Daughters of Smoke and Fire," appears in the current issue of @kwelijournal. Read it here → https://t.co/8TwjZMJ1TX

Paperback, 2021

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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