The titles that follow are where I go to fly and fortify. May each chapter evoke a renewed sense of community, connection, curiosity and courage. Let yourself be liberated by the lived experiences and learned expertise of the vibrant voices represented throughout these essays and anthologies.
Who Better Than You / Will Packer
Hood Wellness / Tamela J. Gordon
Black In Blues / Imani Perry
What If We Get It Right / Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Survival Is A promise / Alexis Pauline Gumbs
The Message / Ta-Nehisi Coates
Liberation Stories / Shanelle Matthews, Marzena Zukowska
Read This When Things Fall Apart / Kelly Hayes
Perfect Victims and The Politics of Appeal / Mohammed El-Kurd
The Right To Heal / Jeanetta Price
The People’s Project / Saded Jones, Maggie Smith
I Should Be Smarter By Now / Issa Rae
Loving Corrections / Adrienne Maree Brown
We Flew Over the Bridge / Faith Ringgold
To Be a Problem / Dara Baldwin
Revolutionary Hope / Liberation Alliance Africa
Black Love Letters / Natalie Johnson & Cole Brown
This Is The Honey / Kwame Alexander
Sister Outsider / Audre Lorde
The Body Is Not An Apology / Sonya Renee Taylor
I’m Judging You / Luvvie Ajayi
What I Know For Sure / Oprah Winfrey
Eloquent Rage / Brittney Cooper
Thick: And Other Essays / Tressie McMillan Cottom
I Don’t Want to Die Poor / Michael Arceneaux
Invisible Man, Got The Whole World Watching / Mychal Denzel Smith
Disability Visibility / Alice Wong
Women Writing Resistance Essays… / Jennifer Browdy
The Book Of Delights / Ross Gay
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized… / Resmaa Menakem
Inciting Joy / Ross Gay
The Fire This Time / Jesmyn Ward
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons… / Alexis Pauline Gums
Resistance & Hope: Essays By Disabled People / Alice Wong
Stakes Is High / Mychal Denzel Smith
I Write What I Like / Steve Biko