Reparative Reading
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
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Juliet Takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera
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Love War Stories By Ivelisse Rodriguez
Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina by Raquel Cepeda
2021​
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My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
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When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
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Dominicana by Angie Cruz
My Sister: How One Sibling's Transition Changed Us Both by Selenis Leyva and Marizol Leyva
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
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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