BLACK LIVES MATTER.

In this episode, Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso share a few recommendations for books by and about Black folx.

In the show notes, please find links to resources for supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement, supporting Black Trans Lives, Black-Owned Bookstores, Black-Led Podcasts, and more.

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Books Mentioned During This Episode

Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark



The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (Libro.fm)

The Only Black Girls in Town - Brandy Colbert (Libro.fm)

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin (Libro.fm)

Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid (Libro.fm)

Saturday - Oge Mora (Libro.fm)

Ada Twist, Scientist - Andrea Beaty (Libro.fm)




Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary



The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave - Frederick Douglass (Libro.fm)

12 Years a Slave - Solomon Northrup (Libro.fm)

Beloved - Toni Morrison (Libro.fm)

Kindred - Octavia Butler (Libro.fm)

The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin (Libro.fm)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nahisi Coates (Libro.fm)

Citizen - Claudia Rankine (Libro.fm)

White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo (Libro.fm)

How to Be an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi (Libro.fm)

Stamped from the Beginning - Ibram X Kendi (Libro.fm)

Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad (Libro.fm)




Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso



Real Life - Brandon Taylor (Libro.fm)
Revolutionary Suicide - Huey P. Newton

A Song of Wraiths & Ruin - Roseanne A. Brown (Libro.fm)

Here For It - R. Eric Thomas (Libro.fm)

Wow, No Thank You - Samantha Irby (Libro.fm)

Meaty - Samantha Irby (Libro.fm)

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life - Samantha Irby (Libro.fm)







Black Lives Matter
SUPPORT BLACK TRANS LIVES


https://houseofgg.org/
https://www.snap4freedom.org/
https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/
https://www.theokraproject.com/


Support Black-Owned Bookstores
PODCASTS


https://blackchicklit.com
https://thestackspodcast.com
https://www.mostly-lit.com/
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/terry-brown-jr/black-read
https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/minority-korner/
http://laylafsaad.com/good-ancestor-podcast
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/floodlines/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html
https://aapf.org/podcast
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline
https://blackgirlnerds.com/podcast/
https://luvvie.org/rants-and-randomness/

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https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/diverse-teen-reads
https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/diverse-middle-grade-reads
https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/diverse-picture-books



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