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Reparative Reading 
Curated Book Events

2024

March : The Love Library: Literary Speed Dating (2-nights)

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July: Trip Off The Page: Communal Reading and Social Hour

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October: BOOk PARTY: Literary Themed Halloween Party and Reading (51 Words)

Book Titles 
Facilitated by
Branden Janese
2018 - Today

2024

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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

​Presented by LFP

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Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts

​Presented by LFP

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Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

​Presented by LFP

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The Black Woman by Toni Cade Bambara

*Made possible by a fellowship from Culture Push 

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Refusing Compulsory Sexuality by Sherronda J. Brown

*Made possible by a fellowship from Culture Push

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Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin

Presented by LFP

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Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Presented by LFP

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Temple Folk by Aaliyah Bilal 

Presented by LFP

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All About Love by bell hooks

*Made possible by a fellowship from Culture Push

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Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome

Presented by LFP

 

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Presented by LFP

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Everything But The Burden by Greg Tate

Presented by LFP

2023​

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The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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Gaza in Crisis by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé

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When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down by Joan Morgan

Presented by LFP

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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Presented by LFP

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The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

*Made possible by an Innovation Grant from the NYC Mayor's Office

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Black Macho and the Myth of Superwoman
by Michele Wallace

*Made possible by an Innovation Grant from the NYC Mayor's Office

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The Trouble with White Women by Kyla Schuller

*Made possible by an Innovation Grant from the NYC Mayor's Office

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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Presented by LFP at The Bronx Museum

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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Presented by LFP

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Begin Again: James Baldwin's America ... by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Presented by LFP at The Bronx Museum

2022​

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The 1619 Project curated by Nikole Hanna-Jones

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Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Presented by The Literary Freedom Project (watch the session here) 

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The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

(watch the session here

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Juliet Takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera

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Love War Stories By Ivelisse Rodriguez

(watch the session here

 

Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina by Raquel Cepeda

(watch the session here

2021​

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My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

(watch the session here

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When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago

(watch the session here

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Dominicana by Angie Cruz

(watch the session here

 

My Sister: How One Sibling's Transition Changed Us Both by Selenis Leyva and Marizol Leyva

(watch the sessions here

2020

 

How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones (watch the sessions here

 

Locked Gray / Linked Blue: Stories by Kem Joy Ukwu (watch the sessions here

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Daughters of the Stone by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

(watch the sessions here

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2019

Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Ayana Byrd and Lori Tharps

Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education

2018

Girl in the Mirror: Three Generations of Black Women in Motion by Natasha Tarpley

Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education

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