7 Top essays books like Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000 by Alice Walker

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Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

By: Alice Walker

4.21

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Alice Walker and edited by critic and wr…

"Lord, this is some thick shit Black women must get through."

-Alice Walker, Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

"Lord, this is some thick shit Black women must get through."

-Alice Walker, Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

"I knew how much my mother loved me by her love and patience with my child."

-Alice Walker, Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

"I knew how much my mother loved me by her love and patience with my child."

-Alice Walker, Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

If you liked the essays plot in Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000 by Alice Walker , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Breath, Eyes, Memory

By: Edwidge Danticat

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new novelists… read more

Similar categories in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, Eyes, Memory book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • african american
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2. The Weary Blues

By: Langston Hughes

4.26

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful new edition of this beloved poet's first collection, originally published in 1926 when … read more

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  • african american

3. Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery

By: bell hooks

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

When Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recoverywas originally released in 1994, it won criti… read more

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4. Inciting Joy: Essays

By: Ross Gay

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and electrifying collection of essays from the New York Times bestselling author of The… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
  • audiobook
"And when we catch the grave light shimmering from the tethers between us when it happens, our dying again and again in each other's presence, this falling together, it is called, this holding each ot…"

-Ross Gay, Inciting Joy: Essays

"But when we allow and expect each other to change and, even more to the point, when we witness the learning, the changing, the grieving, with curiosity and patience and care and love; when we make ro…"

-Ross Gay, Inciting Joy: Essays

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5. Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

By: Sesali Bowen

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-bre… read more

Similar categories in Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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6. The Oath (Secrets, #1)

By: T.M. Richardson

4.26

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Does a second chance at happiness include your husband’s three best friends? Miles, Deacon, … read more

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  • african american
"Use your words moma"

-T.M. Richardson, The Oath (Secrets, #1)

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7. Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver

By: Mary Oliver

4.52

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

A celebration of the beloved, award-winning poet Mary Oliver, narrated by actress and activist Soph… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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8. Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

By: Zora Neale Hurston

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A collection of remarkable stories, including eight “lost” Harlem Renaissance tales now available t… read more

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  • african american
  • audiobook
"I am striving desperately for a toe-hold on the world."

-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

"People value monuments above men, and signs above works."

-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

"A woman robbed of her love is more terrible than an army with banners."

-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

"The heart of man is an ever empty abyss into which the whole world shall fall and be swallowed up."

-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

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9. 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

Similar categories in Judith Butler's Who's Afraid of Gender? book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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?

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10. A Walk in the Park

By: Rebekah Weatherspoon

3.99

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 2 hours and 24 minutes Two hearts on the mend and one adorable mutt get a new … read more

Similar categories in Rebekah Weatherspoon's A Walk in the Park book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • audiobook
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11. Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

By: Alua Arthur

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead b… read more

Similar categories in Alua Arthur's Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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12. Dr. No

By: Percival Everett

3.71

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

A sly, madcap novel about supervillains and nothing, really, from an American novelist whose star k… read more

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  • audiobook
"You sound like a physicist," she said. "There's no need to be insulting."

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

"When you step on the gas, do it gently, softly, slowly. Okay? All right, let's try it again. Gently. Treat it like you would a woman." "I would never step on a woman."

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

"And like my BIPDIP husband, it's never been out of the state, not even to Boston." "BIPDIP?" "Born in Providence, died in Providence. We actually honeymooned in Newport. I hate him so much."

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

"Now here he was, tailored iron-gray suit, thin maroon tie, a maroon handkerchief peeking out from his breast pocket. His oxblood wing tips gleamed. He looked like a supervillain or, worse, an upper-c…"

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

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13. Café Dorian

By: Gilles van der Loo

4.18

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

Café Dorian bevindt zich in een buitenlandse stad. Het vertoont gebreken en loopt slecht, tot de Ho… read more

Similar categories in Gilles van der Loo's Café Dorian book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • audiobook
"Het is ochtend in de stad die ik je geef. Dit is wat ik voor je schrijf, hopend dat het optelt tot een huis: een stad met een café om naar toe te lopen op een vroege ochtend in oktober. Ik weet niet …"

-Gilles van der Loo, Café Dorian

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14. Ordinary Notes

By: Christina Sharpe

4.55

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Bla… read more

Similar categories in Christina Sharpe's Ordinary Notes book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • african american
  • audiobook
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15. Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

By: Nichole Perkins

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Pop culture is the Pandora’s Box of our lives. Racism, wealth, poverty, beauty, inclusion, exclusio… read more

Similar categories in Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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16. Een ander leven

By: Bart Moeyaert

4.34

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

In januari 1996 verrast Bart Moeyaert zijn zeventigjarige moeder met een verjaardagscadeau. Ze gaan… read more

Similar categories in Bart Moeyaert's Een ander leven book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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17. Mina's Matchbox

By: Yōko Ogawa

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, psychologically astute author of The Memory Police, here is a hypnotic, int… read more

Similar categories in Yōko Ogawa's Mina's Matchbox book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

"Quant à l'endroit où se trouvait mon père, le jour de ses funérailles, ma mère me l'avait indiqué. C'est un peu loin, mais un jour ou l'autre nous irons le rejoindre, il n'y a pas à craindre de s'éga…"

-Yōko Ogawa, Mina's Matchbox

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18. Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

By: Alice Walker

4.21

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Alice Walker and edited by critic and wr… read more

Similar categories in Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000 book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • essays
  • african american
  • audiobook
"Lord, this is some thick shit Black women must get through."

-Alice Walker, Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

"I knew how much my mother loved me by her love and patience with my child."

-Alice Walker, Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

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19. Sky Full of Elephants

By: Cebo Campbell

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this exquisite speculative novel set in a world where white people no longer exist, college prof… read more

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20. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

By: Mary-Frances Winters

4.43

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemi… read more

Similar categories in Mary-Frances Winters's Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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21. Sing a Black Girl's Song: The Unpublished Work of Ntozake Shange

By: Ntozake Shange

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

GMA ’s 15 Spectacular New Books to Read in September  Ms. Magazine ’s September 2023 Reads for the… read more

Similar categories in Ntozake Shange's Sing a Black Girl's Song: The Unpublished Work of Ntozake Shange book and Alice Walker's Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook

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