The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
By: Audre Lorde
4.62
Format: 367 pages, Paperback
A definitive selection of Audre Lorde’s "intelligent, fierce, powerful, sensual, provocative, indel…
Want to Read $ 8.98"Perhaps for some of you here today, I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am woman, because I am Black, because I am lesbian, because I am myself - a Black woman warrior poet doing my work - come to ask you, are you doing yours?"-Audre Lorde, The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
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1. All About Love: New Visions
By: bell hooks
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
All About Love offers radical new ways to think about love by showing its interconnectedness in our… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
"All awakening to love is spiritual awakening"-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions
"Couples who rarely or never have sex can know lifelong love. "-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions
"Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue."-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions
"Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair."-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions
2. This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
By: Gloria E. Anzaldúa , Toni Cade Bambara , Cherríe L. Moraga
4.52
Format: 261 pages, Paperback
This groundbreaking collection reflects an uncompromised definition of feminism by women of color. … read more
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- poetry
- race
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- womens
"This Bridge Called My Back intends to reflect an uncompromised definition of feminism by women of color in the U.S."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
"I get angry with those in the women's movement and out of it who deal with class & color as if they defined politics and people."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
"I keep wanting to repeat over and over and over again, the pain and shock of difference, the joy of commonness, the exhilaration of meeting through incredible odds against it."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
"These women don't believe in the sanctity of the marriage bond, the inviolable privacy of the husband-wife unit. The cattiness is mixed with the information, tips. The misery is communal."-Gloria E. Anzaldúa, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
3. Notes of a Native Son
By: James Baldwin
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A new edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Baldwin's death, including a new introdu… read more
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- politics
- race
- nonfiction
- essays
4. Poems 1962-2012
By: Louise Glück
3.50
Format: 93 pages, Hardcover
Even when collected, Louise Gluck's poetry resists collection. With each successive book her drive … read more
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- poetry
- womens
- nonfiction
5. The Fire Next Time
By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more
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- politics
- race
- nonfiction
- essays
6. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose
By: Alice Walker
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
In this, her first collection of nonfiction, Alice Walker speaks out as a black woman, writer, moth… read more
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7. Calamities
By: Renee Gladman
4.04
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
"Renee Gladman has always struck me as being a dreamer--she writes that way and the dreaming seems … read more
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8. A Queer History of the United States
By: Michael Bronski
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction The first book to cover the entirety of lesbian… read more
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9. Communion: The Female Search for Love
By: bell hooks
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Renowned visionary and theorist bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in American… read more
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10. Are Prisons Obsolete?
By: Angela Y. Davis
4.15
Format: None pages,
With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case fo… read more
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11. Revolutionary Letters
By: Diane di Prima
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first of these poems were written during the active days of the late 1960s, and published by th… read more
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12. Black Women Writers at Work
By: None
3.62
Format: None pages,
The tone and spirit of this splendid volume of conversations with fourteen Black women writers is e… read more
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13. Chelsea Girls
By: Eileen Myles
4.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
Available once again for a new generation of readers, the groundbreaking and candid coming-of-age n… read more
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14. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
By: Cornel West , Angela Y. Davis , Frank Barat
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Ange… read more
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15. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
By: Vincent Bevins
4.28
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 20… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
16. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
17. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
By: Kit Heyam
4.30
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people … read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
18. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.55
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- queer
"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
19. Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too
By: Ijeoma Oluo
4.46
Format: 256 pages, ebook
From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an ey… read more
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- race
- lgbt
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- queer
20. Who's Afraid of Gender?
By: Judith Butler
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- queer
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?
21. Artless: Stories 2019-2023 (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents)
By: Natasha Stagg
3.91
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
A document of New York from an author too close to the story to be a trustworthy eyewitness.Compose… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
22. Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
By: Sarah Schulman
4.52
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
Twenty years in the making, Sarah Schulman's Let the Record Show is the most comprehensive politica… read more
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- lgbt
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- queer
23. The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
By: Audre Lorde
4.62
Format: 367 pages, Paperback
A definitive selection of Audre Lorde’s "intelligent, fierce, powerful, sensual, provocative, indel… read more
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- poetry
- race
- lgbt
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- womens
- queer
"Perhaps for some of you here today, I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am woman, because I am Black, because I am lesbian, because I am myself - a Black woman warrior poet doing my work - …"-Audre Lorde, The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
24. Abolition. Feminism. Now.
By: Angela Y. Davis
4.31
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
An urgent, vital manifesto of intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism, from leading… read more
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- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
25. Progressive Dystopia: Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco
By: Savannah Shange
4.55
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
San Francisco is the endgame of gentrification, where racialized displacement means that the Black … read more
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- politics
- race
- nonfiction
26. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems
By: Hala Alyan
4.22
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more
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- poetry
- womens
- nonfiction
"My favorite house is my mother."-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems
"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems
27. Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety
By: Cara Page
4.54
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In this anthology, Black Queer Feminist editors Cara Page and Erica Woodland guide readers through … read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
28. Love Is an Ex-Country
By: Randa Jarrar
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Queer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat woman. Randa Jarrar is all of these things. In this pro… read more
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- race
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"Westerns began to make sense. The hubris of white men began to make sense. For what was this landscape but a canvas to swing a dick around in?"-Randa Jarrar, Love Is an Ex-Country
29. The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation
By: Raquel Willis
4.35
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of tra… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
30. Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
By: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
4.65
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and acti… read more
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- race
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"I would hope that someone would step away from this book recognising that "transgender" does not encompass just one type of person."-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
"If self-hatred was hammered into you when you were young, Major wants you to know that you're important - that being an outsider helps you develop skin that's both tough and pliable in social situati…"-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
"The Powers That Be: the corporate, government, and nonprofit actors who work to preserve the status quo, and the forces in the world who want us all to fit into our proper places in an established so…"-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
31. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
By: Prentis Hemphill
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more
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- politics
- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
