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Black History Month

Rebecca and Tara celebrate Black History Month with their picks and TBR! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):  Fifteen Thousand Pieces by Gina Leola Woolsey Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance by Alvin Hall  The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning by Ben Raines South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot Lies About Black People: How to Combat Racist Stereotypes and Why it Matters by Omekongo Dibinga Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall; illustrated by Hugo Martínez Tara (@onabranchreads) Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/moon-of-the-turning-leaves/ In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas Dread Nation; Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland James; The Trees by Percival Everett The African Samurai by Craig Shreve Frying Plantain; River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta George and Rue by George Elliott Clarke

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06 Feb 2024

Rebecca and Tara celebrate Black History Month with their picks and TBR!

Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): 

  • Fifteen Thousand Pieces by Gina Leola Woolsey
  • Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance by Alvin Hall 
  • The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning by Ben Raines
  • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry
  • Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
  • Lies About Black People: How to Combat Racist Stereotypes and Why it Matters by Omekongo Dibinga
  • Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall; illustrated by Hugo Martínez

Tara (@onabranchreads)

  • Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
  • https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/moon-of-the-turning-leaves/
  • In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas
  • Dread Nation; Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
  • James; The Trees by Percival Everett
  • The African Samurai by Craig Shreve
  • Frying Plantain; River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta
  • George and Rue by George Elliott Clarke