274 || Reading as a Place to Start
It’s hard to know what to say, so this week’s episode is unusually short, focused instead on sending you toward resources we hope might be helpful as we grieve and learn together.
You can find several titles geared toward racial justice on our store website, including: How to Be an Antiracist, Just Mercy, and I’m Still Here. Ten percent of the proceeds from the sales of these titles and more are being donated to the Equal Justice Initiative.
Traci from The Stacks Podcast and Jaime from Absorbed in Pages posted excellent lists of fiction and nonfiction titles addressing anti-black racism and anti-racism.
You can listen to The Stacks podcast here, and if you want to support Jamie and Traci directly, consider purchasing through Bookshop:
Other resources:
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Black Coffee with White Friends book list
More than ever, it’s important to support black-owned small businesses; below are links to a few bookstores owned by people of color, and a more comprehensive list can be found here.
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Brave + Kind in Georgia
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The Listening Tree in Georgia
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The Lit Bar in the Bronx
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Loyalty Bookstore in D.C.
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Books and Crannies in Virginia
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Semicolon in Chicago
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Harriett’s Bookshop in Philadelphia
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It’s hard to know what to say, so this week’s episode is unusually short, focused instead on sending you toward resources we hope might be helpful as we grieve and learn together.
You can find several titles geared toward racial justice on our store website, including: How to Be an Antiracist, Just Mercy, and I’m Still Here. Ten percent of the proceeds from the sales of these titles and more are being donated to the Equal Justice Initiative.
Traci from The Stacks Podcast and Jaime from Absorbed in Pages posted excellent lists of fiction and nonfiction titles addressing anti-black racism and anti-racism.
You can listen to The Stacks podcast here, and if you want to support Jamie and Traci directly, consider purchasing through Bookshop:
Other resources:
-
Black Coffee with White Friends book list
More than ever, it’s important to support black-owned small businesses; below are links to a few bookstores owned by people of color, and a more comprehensive list can be found here.
-
Brave + Kind in Georgia
-
The Listening Tree in Georgia
-
The Lit Bar in the Bronx
-
Loyalty Bookstore in D.C.
-
Books and Crannies in Virginia
-
Semicolon in Chicago
-
Harriett’s Bookshop in Philadelphia
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