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25 books

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon

313 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0jewitt's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A River Dies of Thirst by Mahmoud Darwish

A River Dies of Thirst

Mahmoud Darwish

153 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jewitt's review
nonfiction literary poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos by Dionne Brand

The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos

Dionne Brand

248 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jewitt's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry reflective slow-paced
The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara

The Salt Eaters

Toni Cade Bambara

295 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0jewitt's review
fiction contemporary literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
The Big Sea: An Autobiography by Langston Hughes

The Big Sea: An Autobiography

The Collected Works of Langston Hughes #13

Langston Hughes

368 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0jewitt's review
nonfiction biography memoir reflective fast-paced
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison

104 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0jewitt's review
nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Anarchism and The Black Revolution by Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

Anarchism and The Black Revolution

Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

153 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0jewitt's review
nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence by Coline Schupfer, Matt Mahmoudi, Mizue Aizeki

Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence

Coline Schupfer, Matt Mahmoudi, Mizue Aizeki

458 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jewitt's review
nonfiction politics technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du Bois

Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

W.E.B. Du Bois

768 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

5.0jewitt's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

363 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jewitt's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced