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Left of Black 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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Book Cover for: Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City, Shanté Paradigm Smalls

Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City

Shanté Paradigm Smalls
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This week, @ShanteParadigm joins @NewBlackMan to discuss their new book, "Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City.” Check it out!! 👀👀 Left of Black | Queer Aesthetics in Hip Hop and Beyond with Shanté Parad... https://t.co/4EDMrRGAaL via @YouTube https://t.co/JIgywTkLQS

Paperback, 2022

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Book of Jose: A Memoir, Fat Joe

The Book of Jose: A Memoir

Fat Joe
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In 'The Book of Jose,' Fat Joe Remembers His Rise in Hiphop via @nprbooks https://t.co/ICLmlJJnnB https://t.co/pqr0pSqn0m

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago, Ayana Contreras

Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago

Ayana Contreras
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Author & podcast host of @ReclaimedSoul Ayana Contreras on #AfroPessimism as an ineffective lens to view the world as she discusses her new book, "Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago," from @IllinoisPress. Watch the full convo: https://t.co/vYQa908PeE https://t.co/mfy0p94IXg

Hardcover, 2021

$110.00$85.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

W. E. B. Du Bois
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W.E.B. Du Bois’ Prescient Masterpiece ‘The Souls of Black Folk: A Graphic Interpretation’ https://t.co/uYQo0SghZv via @PopMatters https://t.co/eDCkDwU09J

Paperback, 2009

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America, Keisha N. Blain

Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America

Keisha N. Blain
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'Award-winning historian and New York Times best-selling author @KeishaBlain joins The Takeaway to discuss her new book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America and the relevance of the civil and voting rights icon today.' 'https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/10/fannie-lou-hamers-enduring-message.html

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik, Winston James

Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik

Winston James
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Millennials Are Killing Capitalism: "If We Must Die, Let It Not Be Like Hogs" – Winston James on Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik https://t.co/2dRxHUUeiD https://t.co/Am8VRCEjbB

Paperback, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle

Colson Whitehead
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'Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead (The Underground Railroad, The Nickel Boys) opens the Poetry Center’s 83rd season in conversation about his new novel, Harlem Shuffle with Vinson Cunningham. https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/11/colson-whitehead-harlem-shuffle-in.html

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Real Life, Brandon Taylor

Real Life

Brandon Taylor
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'Taylor talks with It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders about his focus on the tensions of everyday relationships, writing from a Black and queer perspective and his intended audience of just a couple close friends.'https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/09/brandon-taylor-wrote-real-life-and.html

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Apocalypse: Diary of a Survivor 2, Matt J. Pike

Apocalypse: Diary of a Survivor 2

Matt J. Pike
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'Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize Winner for Poetry and former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress and the State of Virginia, joins All Of It to discuss her newest collection of poems, Playlist for the Apocalypse.' https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/10/rita-doves-playlist-for-apocalypse.html

Paperback, 2017

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Man Among Other Men: The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism, Jordanna C. Matlon

A Man Among Other Men: The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism

Jordanna C. Matlon
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NEW EPISODE! This week, Dr. Jordanna Matlon joins @NewBlackMan to discuss her new book, “A Man among Other Men: The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism.”#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackExcellence Left of Black | Dr. Jordanna Matlon https://t.co/hzdO9tjjmu via @YouTube https://t.co/W3nSoiQ9Sn

Hardcover, 2022

$130.00$105.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)