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@beaconpress.bsky.socialKyle T. Mays, author of AN AFRO-INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, answers a series of questions about kinship, military service, and Afro-Indigenous research.
@beaconpress.bsky.socialđŁď¸ Coming Up Soon!
Join G'Ra Asim, author of 99 PROBLEMS FINDING THE 1, and the band, Uppity, for Rock n' Read at Just Bookish on October 18. This special event will be part reading, part audience conversation, and part performance. RSVP down below!
@lissawarren.bsky.socialReposted by @beaconpress.bsky.social"You can't repair a history you refuse to name." Listen to @drstaceypatton.bsky.social on WICN Radio's The Public Eye discussing her new book, STRUNG UP: How White America Learned to Lynch Black Children: bit.ly/4yd4Pcn @beaconpress.bsky.social
@beaconpress.bsky.socialItâs a verse-filled âđťCover Reveal Fridayâđť with Yi Wei! The latest in our National Poetry Series, DIARY is her virtuosic debut collection that explores the tension between self and community through a contemporary Asian American lens. Watch this space in March 2027! đ Cover design: Louis Roe
@beaconpress.bsky.socialFor young girls, throughout all periods of time, diaries serve as confidantes and confessionals. Betsy Rubiner, author of OUR DIARIES, OURSELVES, explores the concept of diary-writing and it's importance while in conversation with Lost Ladies of Lit
@msmagazine.comReposted by @beaconpress.bsky.socialFor survivors of intimate partner violence, access to abortion pills through telehealth and mail can offer a crucial path to care when an abuser controls their movements, money and medical decisions.
@beaconpress.bsky.social"We have betrayed one another with a thousand small, forgivable indignities. I have betrayed myself as far back as my memory stretches." More from @gemmahartley.bsky.social's NO ONE LOVES AN ANGRY WOMAN on "More to Hate" @katemanne.bsky.social
@beaconpress.bsky.social@drstaceypatton.bsky.social's STRUNG UP was being written before she even realized it. The personal trauma that is attached to lynching, and other forms of racial violence, is passed down between generations. The echoes of this history were present throughout her childhood.
@beaconpress.bsky.socialTOWARD LIBERATION provides a guide for educators, especially Black women educators, to confront racial oppression, repair harm, and build safe, inclusive classrooms in their communities. Thank you @thegrio.com.web.brid.gy for including this book on your list!
@officialmlk3.bsky.socialReposted by @beaconpress.bsky.socialI think about Selma's Freedom Day often. Yesterday in 1963, hundreds of Black residents lined up outside the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma to register to vote. They stood for hours under threat of arrest and violence, while those who tried to bring them water were arrested.
@beaconpress.bsky.socialPeople continue to connect with Viktor E. Franklâs account of searching for purpose amid circumstances beyond his control. Thatâs why MANâS SEARCH FOR MEANING remains an enduring classic. buff.ly/s3Z2uZP
@beaconpress.bsky.socialWhat is the role of the artist? @marcusrediker.bsky.social, David Lester, and Paul give voices to people of the past (and future!) with their graphic novel THE BLACK SCHOONER
@beaconpress.bsky.socialâEveryone that dies here, dies by sheer bad luck. They just happen to be where the missile strikes at that particular moment.ââAtef Abu Saif #FreePalestine đ buff.ly/5UHYoxH
@beaconpress.bsky.socialVaneesa Cook tells 3 different stories interwoven in EMPIRE AND LIBERTY: one about the conception, conception, and reception of the Empire State Building. The same with the Statue of Liberty.â
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@msmagazine.comReposted by @beaconpress.bsky.socialWomen philanthropists are coming together to fund the fight for gender equalityâand reshape the entire giving ecosystem. @carmenriosss.bsky.social reports in our fall print issue:
@beaconpress.bsky.socialOur longstanding legal system has allowed the murder of Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people to be simultaneously silenced and covered up. Liza Black exposes it in HOW SETTLERS GET AWAY WITH MURDER. @publisherswkly.bsky.social
@beaconpress.bsky.socialThe motivation behind CAST OUT is to ask a different question of our unforgiving society. What happened? What brought this human being to this place?
@lissawarren.bsky.socialReposted by @beaconpress.bsky.socialListen to @drstaceypatton.bsky.social on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussing her book STRUNG UP: How White America Learned to Lynch Black Children, which is currently the #1 new release in Black & African American History on Amazon! bit.ly/4yq0YZP @beaconpress.bsky.social
@beaconpress.bsky.social@publisherswkly.bsky.social gave Eric Plemonsâs THE MATTER OF MOTHERHOOD a âď¸starred reviewâď¸. Plemonsâs moving stories âadds up to a profound and nuanced portrait of a controversial medical intervention.â
@beaconpress.bsky.socialHave you ever considered how the Showtime series DEXTER is an apt metaphor for racism in the US? GâRa Asim gets into it in 99 PROBLEMS FINDING THE 1! buff.ly/uKpbz2T
