The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
Melanie Greene
The Body Keeps the Score Bessel by Van Der Kolk, M.D.
Molly Poerstel
Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat
Jessie Young
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Joanna Kotze
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Lucy Kaminsky
Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector
Anna Witenberg
The Alphabet Versus The Goddess by Leonard Shlain
Will Rawls
Speedboat by Renata Adler
Kim Brandt
Trauma Stewardship by Connie Burke and Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
devynn emory
The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing MeI by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
Tingying Ma
Crudo by Olivia Laing
Ayano Elson
The Fall of Wisconsin by Dan Kaufman
Diana Crum
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Alex Romania
An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Oritz
Megan Byrne
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Greta Hartenstein
Native Country of the Heart by Cherríe Moraga
Martita Abril
The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín
Simon Courchel
The Source of Self-Regard Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison
David Thomson
We Live for the We: the Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClain
Rebecca Wender
So Far From God by Ana Castillo
alyssa carter
The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde
Jessica Cook
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Nora Stephens
Offering from the Conscious Body by Janet Adler
Courtney Cooke
A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None by Kathryn Yusoff
Iréne Hultman
Experiments in Joy by Gabrielle Civil
Tara Aisha Willis
Motherhood by Sheila Heti
Katie Dean
Before Pictures by Douglas Crimp
Meg Clixby
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
Ursula Eagly
Metamorphoses by Ovid
Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
jess pretty
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Kim Brandt and Ayano Elson
Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
Rebecca Wender and jess pretty
Queer Times, Black Future by Kara Keeling
Iréne Hultman and Tara Aisha Willis
Thank you to everyone who contributed!
Melanie Greene, Molly Poerstel, Jessie Young, Joanna Kotze, Lucy Kaminsky, Anna Witenberg, Will Rawls, Kim Brandt, devynn emory, Tingying Ma, Ayano Elson, Diana Crum, Alex Romania, Megan Byrne, Greta Hartenstein, Martita Abril, Simon Courchel, David Thomson, Rebecca Wender, alyssa carter, Jessica Cook, Nora Stephens, Courtney Cooke, Iréne Hultman, Tara Aisha Willis, Katie Dean, Meg Clixby, Ursula Eagly, jess pretty and Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste.
