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Carefree Black Girls

A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture

by Zeba Blay ...

A Powerful and Celebratory Portrait of Influential Black Women in American CultureIn 2013, film and culture critic Zeba Blay coined the viral term #carefreeblackgirls on Twitter, carving out a space of celebration and freedom for Black women online. In Carefree Black Girls, Blay expands on this idea, delving into the work and lasting achievements of influential Black women in American culture ... Read more

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A Powerful and Celebratory Portrait of Influential Black Women in American CultureIn 2013, film and culture critic Zeba Blay coined the viral term #carefreeblackgirls on Twitter, carving out a space of celebration and freedom for Black women online. In Carefree Black Girls, Blay expands on this idea, delving into the work and lasting achievements of influential Black women in American culture
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Carefree Black Girls

A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture

by Zeba Blay ...

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Unabridged

6 hours 16 min

One of Kirkus Review's Best Books About Being Black in America"Powerful... Calling for Black women (in and out of the public eye) to be treated with empathy, Blay’s pivotal work will engage all readers, especially fans of Mikki Kendall’s Hood Feminism." —Kirkus (Starred)This program is read by the author.An empowering and celebratory portrait of Black women - from ... ... Read more

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One of Kirkus Review's Best Books About Being Black in America"Powerful... Calling for Black women (in and out of the public eye) to be treated with empathy, Blay’s pivotal work will engage all readers, especially fans of Mikki Kendall’s Hood Feminism." —Kirkus (Starred)This program is read by the author.An empowering and celebratory portrait of Black women - from ...
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Uphill

A Memoir

by Jemele Hill ...

Narrated by Jemele Hill ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

This program is read by the author."[Hill] narrates the facts of her path with understandable pride but without bragging. Even difficult career choices, such as her decision to leave ESPN, are presented in a thoughtful way, though it is clear that Hill still feels deeply about the choices she made. Every story told is more powerful for being narrated by Hill."- AudioFile MagazineAn empowering, ... Read more

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This program is read by the author."[Hill] narrates the facts of her path with understandable pride but without bragging. Even difficult career choices, such as her decision to leave ESPN, are presented in a thoughtful way, though it is clear that Hill still feels deeply about the choices she made. Every story told is more powerful for being narrated by Hill."- AudioFile MagazineAn empowering,
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Bad Fat Black Girl

Notes from a Trap Feminist

by Sesali Bowen ...

Narrated by Sesali Bowen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 32 min

“Sesali Bowen is poised to give Black feminism the rejuvenation it needs. Her trendsetting writing and commentary reaches across experiences and beyond respectability. I and so many Black girls still figuring out who they are in this world will gain so much from whatever she has to say.”—Charlene A. Carruthers, activist and author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical ... Read more

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“Sesali Bowen is poised to give Black feminism the rejuvenation it needs. Her trendsetting writing and commentary reaches across experiences and beyond respectability. I and so many Black girls still figuring out who they are in this world will gain so much from whatever she has to say.”—Charlene A. Carruthers, activist and author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical
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Just Pursuit

A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness

by Laura Coates ...

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8 hours 30 min

This instant New York Times bestseller offers “a firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that exposes the devastating criminal punishment system” (Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning author of How to Be an Antiracist) in this “compelling collection of engaging, well-written, keenly observed vignettes from [Laura Coates’s] years as a lawyer with the US Department of Justice” (The New ... Read more

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This instant New York Times bestseller offers “a firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that exposes the devastating criminal punishment system” (Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning author of How to Be an Antiracist) in this “compelling collection of engaging, well-written, keenly observed vignettes from [Laura Coates’s] years as a lawyer with the US Department of Justice” (The New
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Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed

15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora

Narrated by Saraciea J. Fennell, Avi Roque, Elizabeth Acevedo, Frankie Corzo, Ibi Zoboi, Janel Martinez, Jasminne Mendez, Julian Randall, Khalil Haywood, Lilliam Rivera0, Natasha Diaz1, Zakiya N. Jamal2 ...

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7 hours 19 min

This program is read by a full cast.Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hopeIn Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes ... Read more

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This program is read by a full cast.Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hopeIn Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes
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When Women Invented Television

The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today

by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong ...

Narrated by Nan McNamara ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

“Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired prose. When Women Invented Television offers proof that what we watch is a reflection of who we are as a people.” —Nathalia Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket GirlsNew York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia Jennifer Keishin Armstrongtells the little-... ... Read more

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“Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired prose. When Women Invented Television offers proof that what we watch is a reflection of who we are as a people.” —Nathalia Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket GirlsNew York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia Jennifer Keishin Armstrongtells the little-...
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We're Speaking

The Life Lessons of Kamala Harris: How to Use Your Voice, Be Assertive, and Own Your Story

by Hitha Palepu ...

Narrated by Hitha Palepu ...

Unabridged

4 hours 39 min

Inspirational lessons about life, work, and overcoming adversity—drawn from Kamala Harris's norm-shattering ascent to Vice President of the United States.Kamala Harris is one of our country's most awe-inspiring political figures, dawning on a new age as the first—but not last—Black and Asian-American female Vice President. Having spent her entire career smashing glass ceilings and influencing the ... Read more

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Inspirational lessons about life, work, and overcoming adversity—drawn from Kamala Harris's norm-shattering ascent to Vice President of the United States.Kamala Harris is one of our country's most awe-inspiring political figures, dawning on a new age as the first—but not last—Black and Asian-American female Vice President. Having spent her entire career smashing glass ceilings and influencing the
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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

Poems

by Warsan Shire ...

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Unabridged

1 hour 7 min

Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Black Is King, award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire“The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts.”—Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist“Warsan Shire is our ultimate modern poet. . . . This is our James Baldwin.”—The New York Times Culture Desk</stro ... Read more

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Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Black Is King, award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire“The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts.”—Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist“Warsan Shire is our ultimate modern poet. . . . This is our James Baldwin.”—The New York Times Culture Desk</stro
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The 2000s Made Me Gay

Essays on Pop Culture

by Grace Perry ...

Narrated by Grace Perry ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

**This program is read by the author.From The Onion and Reductress contributor, this collection of essays is a hilarious nostalgic trip through beloved 2000s media, interweaving cultural criticism and personal narrative to examine how a very straight decade forged a very queer woman.**"Honest, funny, smart, and illuminating.” —Anna Drezen, co-head writer of SNL"If you came of age at the ... Read more

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**This program is read by the author.From The Onion and Reductress contributor, this collection of essays is a hilarious nostalgic trip through beloved 2000s media, interweaving cultural criticism and personal narrative to examine how a very straight decade forged a very queer woman.**"Honest, funny, smart, and illuminating.” —Anna Drezen, co-head writer of SNL"If you came of age at the
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Who Is Wellness For?

An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind

by Fariha Roisin ...

Narrated by Fariha Roisin ...

Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

The multi-disciplinary artist and author of Like a Bird and How to Cure a Ghost explores the commodification and appropriation of wellness through the lens of social justice, providing resources to help anyone participate in self-care, regardless of race, identity, socioeconomic status or able-bodiedness.Growing up in Australia, Fariha Róisín, a Bangladeshi Muslim, struggled to fit in. In attempts ... Read more

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The multi-disciplinary artist and author of Like a Bird and How to Cure a Ghost explores the commodification and appropriation of wellness through the lens of social justice, providing resources to help anyone participate in self-care, regardless of race, identity, socioeconomic status or able-bodiedness.Growing up in Australia, Fariha Róisín, a Bangladeshi Muslim, struggled to fit in. In attempts
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Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

by Nichole Perkins ...

Narrated by Nichole Perkins ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

In this "saucy and smart" memoir, a journalist uses pop culture as a lens to navigate her identity as a Black woman (Oprah Daily).Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media and the internet, exploring her experience with mental illness, her attachment to the TV show Frasier, her role as a mistress, Prince, and what it means to figure out desire ... Read more

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In this "saucy and smart" memoir, a journalist uses pop culture as a lens to navigate her identity as a Black woman (Oprah Daily).Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media and the internet, exploring her experience with mental illness, her attachment to the TV show Frasier, her role as a mistress, Prince, and what it means to figure out desire
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