Roots. Wounds. Words.: A Literary Arts Revolution Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Roots. Wounds. Words.: A Literary Arts Revolution on XRoots. Wounds. Words. is a literary arts revolution for Us Black. Us Latinx. Us Indigenous. Us Asian. Us Southeast Asian. Us POC. Us.

The Bruising of Qilwa
Naseem JamniaIntroducing RWW Winter Writers' Retreat Visiting Faculty Naseem Jamnia (they/them/themself), author of the critically praised debut novella The Bruising of Qilwa and a Lambda Literary Fellow. Learn more here https://t.co/D58XO5z5Nv https://t.co/L3GvWQE2Fn
Paperback, 2022
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel
Elisabet VelasquezIntroducing RWW Writers' Retreat for Storytellers of Color Faculty Elisabet Velasquez, a Boricua writer born in Bushwick, Brooklyn whose debut novel, WHEN WE MAKE IT, was named a book to watch for by The New York Times.! Learn more: https://t.co/HBeTRF2pE5 https://t.co/VVE0q4qZnN
Paperback, 2022
$13.99Member price:$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist
Sesali Bowen👀Spots are still open! Get yourself a seat and bring your book proposal to life with theeee Bad Fat Black Girl Sesali Bowen! In her workshop, you will learn how to make the proposal work for YOU(beyond the publishing process)! Register here https://t.co/HKYAbx3pv0 https://t.co/8JDLa2TMYE
Paperback, 2022
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Wang GangHow can writing through and about food radically strengthen our communities? Join RWW’s writing community with Jane Wong, a brilliant educator with a PHD in English, and the author of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything. Learn more and register here https://t.co/3MwAPfCjxT https://t.co/aLsVnKkpmw
Paperback, 2010
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Henna Wars
Adiba JaigirdarStudy Young Adult Fiction with Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars, which was selected as one of the best YA books of all time by Time Magazine. THE APPLICATION TO ATTEND THE RWW WRITERS' RETREAT FOR STORYTELLERS OF COLOR CLOSES JULY 31st.Apply here https://t.co/XegAQSHuja https://t.co/yrDzHBurJo
Paperback, 2022
$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Not Be Afraid of Everything
Jane WongHow can writing through and about food radically strengthen our communities? Join RWW’s writing community with Jane Wong, a brilliant educator with a PHD in English, and the author of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything. Learn more and register here https://t.co/3MwAPfCjxT https://t.co/aLsVnKkpmw
Paperback, 2021
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Opening Question
Prageeta SharmaIntroducing RWW Writers' Retreat for Storytellers of Color Faculty Prageeta Sharma whose collections of poetry include Bliss to Fill (2000), The Opening Question (2004), Infamous Landscapes (2007), Undergloom (2013), and Grief Sequence (2019). Learn more: https://t.co/HBeTRFk0vD https://t.co/a6gDuw7BW3
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Queer Rebels: Rewriting Literary Traditions in Contemporary Spanish Novels
Lukasz SmugaIntroducing RWW 2023 Nonfiction Fellow Celeste Chan who is a writer and artist. She co-directed Queer Rebels, created experimental film programs for MIX NYC, ran Writing Rainbow, and toured with Sister Spit. She’s now writing her memoir. Learn more here https://t.co/CcEcHnPeMM https://t.co/bgkDhBsdxt
Paperback, 2023
$54.99Member price:$52.24 + Free shipping5% off
Go Girl! #3: Sister Spirit
Thalia KalkipsakisIntroducing RWW 2023 Nonfiction Fellow Celeste Chan who is a writer and artist. She co-directed Queer Rebels, created experimental film programs for MIX NYC, ran Writing Rainbow, and toured with Sister Spit. She’s now writing her memoir. Learn more here https://t.co/CcEcHnPeMM https://t.co/bgkDhBsdxt
Paperback, 2016
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Things We Bring with Us: Travel Poems
S. G. HuertaIntroducing RWW 2023 Nonfiction Fellow SG Huerta who is a queer Chicane writer. They are the CNF editor for Porter House Review & a reader for ANMLY and Split Lip. They have two poetry chapbooks, The Things We Bring with Us & Last Stop. Learn more here https://t.co/CcEcHnPeMM https://t.co/iY02twjap7
Paperback, 2021
$12.00Member price:$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book