Finished reading: #RollOfThunderHearMyCry by #MildredDTaylor
1.26.26 → 2.2.26
Wouldn’t be surprised if this book was banned in Florida.
#AmericanLiterature
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#novel
#booksky
1.26.26 → 2.2.26
Wouldn’t be surprised if this book was banned in Florida.
#AmericanLiterature
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#novel
#booksky
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Finished reading: #RollOfThunderHearMyCry by #MildredDTaylor
1.26.26 → 2.2.26
Wouldn’t be surprised if this book was banned in Florida.
#AmericanLiterature
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#novel
#booksky
1.26.26 → 2.2.26
Wouldn’t be surprised if this book was banned in Florida.
#AmericanLiterature
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#novel
#booksky
I read J.A. Ukawsaw Gronniosaw yesterday. From Library of America Slave Narratives.
I've also read Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Jacobs.
These are powerful. More visceral and gut punching than any fictionalized account of slavery.
#booksky #africanamericanliterature #read
I've also read Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Jacobs.
These are powerful. More visceral and gut punching than any fictionalized account of slavery.
#booksky #africanamericanliterature #read
July 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I read J.A. Ukawsaw Gronniosaw yesterday. From Library of America Slave Narratives.
I've also read Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Jacobs.
These are powerful. More visceral and gut punching than any fictionalized account of slavery.
#booksky #africanamericanliterature #read
I've also read Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Jacobs.
These are powerful. More visceral and gut punching than any fictionalized account of slavery.
#booksky #africanamericanliterature #read
Happy Birthday, James Baldwin!
Born August 2, 1924, Baldwin's unforgettable novels and essays explored race, identity, love, and justice with unmatched honesty. His voice continues to inspire readers around the world.
#JamesBaldwin #QueerLiterature #AfricanAmericanLiterature #HarlemRenaissance
Born August 2, 1924, Baldwin's unforgettable novels and essays explored race, identity, love, and justice with unmatched honesty. His voice continues to inspire readers around the world.
#JamesBaldwin #QueerLiterature #AfricanAmericanLiterature #HarlemRenaissance
August 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Happy Birthday, James Baldwin!
Born August 2, 1924, Baldwin's unforgettable novels and essays explored race, identity, love, and justice with unmatched honesty. His voice continues to inspire readers around the world.
#JamesBaldwin #QueerLiterature #AfricanAmericanLiterature #HarlemRenaissance
Born August 2, 1924, Baldwin's unforgettable novels and essays explored race, identity, love, and justice with unmatched honesty. His voice continues to inspire readers around the world.
#JamesBaldwin #QueerLiterature #AfricanAmericanLiterature #HarlemRenaissance
Finished reading: #BetweenTheWorldAndMe by #TaNehisiCoates
5.13.26 → 5.15.26
We are a racist nation. Always have been and probably will always be.
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#AmericanLiterature
#essays
#booksky
5.13.26 → 5.15.26
We are a racist nation. Always have been and probably will always be.
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#AmericanLiterature
#essays
#booksky
May 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Finished reading: #BetweenTheWorldAndMe by #TaNehisiCoates
5.13.26 → 5.15.26
We are a racist nation. Always have been and probably will always be.
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#AmericanLiterature
#essays
#booksky
5.13.26 → 5.15.26
We are a racist nation. Always have been and probably will always be.
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#AmericanLiterature
#essays
#booksky
Out Now! Examines six African American writers – Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Ishmael Reed, Paule Marshall, Toni Cade Bambara and Ntozake Shange. Buy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/5y98tzkb #AnthemPress @uh.edu #AfricanAmericanLiterature #BlackWriters #DecolonizingLiterature #BlackVoices #newreads
March 24, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Out Now! Examines six African American writers – Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Ishmael Reed, Paule Marshall, Toni Cade Bambara and Ntozake Shange. Buy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/5y98tzkb #AnthemPress @uh.edu #AfricanAmericanLiterature #BlackWriters #DecolonizingLiterature #BlackVoices #newreads
Lilith’s Brood by Octavia E. Butler
The complete Xenogenesis trilogy in one volume, Lilith’s Brood is Octavia E. Butler’s unforgettable exploration of survival, identity, and what it truly means to be human.
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#QueerBooks #AfricanAmericanLiterature #ScienceFiction
The complete Xenogenesis trilogy in one volume, Lilith’s Brood is Octavia E. Butler’s unforgettable exploration of survival, identity, and what it truly means to be human.
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#QueerBooks #AfricanAmericanLiterature #ScienceFiction
August 27, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Lilith’s Brood by Octavia E. Butler
The complete Xenogenesis trilogy in one volume, Lilith’s Brood is Octavia E. Butler’s unforgettable exploration of survival, identity, and what it truly means to be human.
queerazon.com/product/lili...
#QueerBooks #AfricanAmericanLiterature #ScienceFiction
The complete Xenogenesis trilogy in one volume, Lilith’s Brood is Octavia E. Butler’s unforgettable exploration of survival, identity, and what it truly means to be human.
queerazon.com/product/lili...
#QueerBooks #AfricanAmericanLiterature #ScienceFiction
IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, here’s one favorite classic work by a Black writer, and a newer work I’m currently reading. Feel free to post your favorites in comments! #blackwriters #blackhistorymonth #africanamericanliterature #zoranealehurston #internationalblackliterature #daughtersofafrica
February 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, here’s one favorite classic work by a Black writer, and a newer work I’m currently reading. Feel free to post your favorites in comments! #blackwriters #blackhistorymonth #africanamericanliterature #zoranealehurston #internationalblackliterature #daughtersofafrica
#OTD #TDIH #May28, 2014: #DOTD: #RIP #MayaAngelou.
#Poets #Activists #GreatSouls #GreatArtists #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Poetry #AfricanAmericanLiterature #AfricanAmericanHistory #AmericanLiterature #AmericanCulture #Literature #PoetrySky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZzO...
#Poets #Activists #GreatSouls #GreatArtists #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Poetry #AfricanAmericanLiterature #AfricanAmericanHistory #AmericanLiterature #AmericanCulture #Literature #PoetrySky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZzO...
Maya Angelou's masterpiece "Caged Bird"
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
www.youtube.com
May 28, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I don't see no feed dedicated to black urban romance books. That sucks but it's not unexpected. Ratchet romance is underrated excellence. ##BlackRomance #UrbanFiction #AfricanAmericanliterature
November 9, 2024 at 1:13 PM
I don't see no feed dedicated to black urban romance books. That sucks but it's not unexpected. Ratchet romance is underrated excellence. ##BlackRomance #UrbanFiction #AfricanAmericanliterature
#OTD #TDIH #August2, 1924: #BOTD: #HBD #JamesBaldwin! #Writers #Novelists #Critics #SocialCritics #BookReviewers #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #AmericanLiterature #AfricanAmericanLiterature #Literature #AfricanAmericanHeritage #BlackHeritage
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B...
August 2, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Finished reading: #ARaisinInTheSun by #LorraineHansberry
4.26.26 → 4.28.26
Oh, Walter, Walter, Walter…
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#drama
#booksky
4.26.26 → 4.28.26
Oh, Walter, Walter, Walter…
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#drama
#booksky
April 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Finished reading: #ARaisinInTheSun by #LorraineHansberry
4.26.26 → 4.28.26
Oh, Walter, Walter, Walter…
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#drama
#booksky
4.26.26 → 4.28.26
Oh, Walter, Walter, Walter…
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#drama
#booksky
Finished reading: #IKnowWhyTheCagedBirdSings by #MayaAngelou
3.10.26 → 3.15.26
Her 8th grade graduation should be a wake up call for all white people who read this amazing book.
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#AmericanLiterature
#booksky
3.10.26 → 3.15.26
Her 8th grade graduation should be a wake up call for all white people who read this amazing book.
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#AmericanLiterature
#booksky
March 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Finished reading: #IKnowWhyTheCagedBirdSings by #MayaAngelou
3.10.26 → 3.15.26
Her 8th grade graduation should be a wake up call for all white people who read this amazing book.
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#AmericanLiterature
#booksky
3.10.26 → 3.15.26
Her 8th grade graduation should be a wake up call for all white people who read this amazing book.
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#AmericanLiterature
#booksky
Finished reading: #AllBoysArentBlue by #GeorgeMJohnson
4.29.26 → 5.1.26
Altho I don’t agree with it, I can see why this book gets banned.
#QueerLiterature
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#BannedBooks
#booksky
4.29.26 → 5.1.26
Altho I don’t agree with it, I can see why this book gets banned.
#QueerLiterature
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#BannedBooks
#booksky
May 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Finished reading: #AllBoysArentBlue by #GeorgeMJohnson
4.29.26 → 5.1.26
Altho I don’t agree with it, I can see why this book gets banned.
#QueerLiterature
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#BannedBooks
#booksky
4.29.26 → 5.1.26
Altho I don’t agree with it, I can see why this book gets banned.
#QueerLiterature
#AfricanAmericanLiterature
#BannedBooks
#booksky
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
A landmark work of speculative fiction following a young woman with extraordinary empathy as she journeys through a collapsing America to forge hope from chaos.
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#QueerBooks #AfricanAmericanLiterature #ScienceFiction
A landmark work of speculative fiction following a young woman with extraordinary empathy as she journeys through a collapsing America to forge hope from chaos.
queerazon.com/product/para...
#QueerBooks #AfricanAmericanLiterature #ScienceFiction
August 6, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
A landmark work of speculative fiction following a young woman with extraordinary empathy as she journeys through a collapsing America to forge hope from chaos.
queerazon.com/product/para...
#QueerBooks #AfricanAmericanLiterature #ScienceFiction
A landmark work of speculative fiction following a young woman with extraordinary empathy as she journeys through a collapsing America to forge hope from chaos.
queerazon.com/product/para...
#QueerBooks #AfricanAmericanLiterature #ScienceFiction
New HillmanTok lecture! Part II on Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poetry for National Poetry Month! 📚📝 All course materials linked in my bio! #NaPoMo #HillmanTok #AfricanAmericanLiterature #poetry #englishclassroom #blackpoetry #paullaurencedunbar #hillmantokuniversity #drbarlow
April 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New HillmanTok lecture! Part II on Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poetry for National Poetry Month! 📚📝 All course materials linked in my bio! #NaPoMo #HillmanTok #AfricanAmericanLiterature #poetry #englishclassroom #blackpoetry #paullaurencedunbar #hillmantokuniversity #drbarlow
#OTD #TDIH #July7, 1915: #BOTD: #HBD #MargaretWalker! #Poets #Writers #Authors #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #ChicagoBlackRenaissance #AfricanAmericanLiterature #BellumSouth #AmericanSouth #AmericanCivilWar #CivilWar #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
July 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Become the subject of your own history. Author and scholar W. Lawrence Hogue joins Writers With Purpose to discuss #AfricanAmericanLiterature, #decolonization, #culturalidentity, banned #books, and the power of reclaiming the narrative. #BlackHistory #booksky www.youtube.com/live/a9Bct8f...
What They Never Taught You About African American Literature | Writers With Purpose
YouTube video by Written Words Publishing
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June 27, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Become the subject of your own history. Author and scholar W. Lawrence Hogue joins Writers With Purpose to discuss #AfricanAmericanLiterature, #decolonization, #culturalidentity, banned #books, and the power of reclaiming the narrative. #BlackHistory #booksky www.youtube.com/live/a9Bct8f...
Free eBook!
A nineteenth-century moral novel following a newly freed boy in Alabama as he balances labor, education, and Christian faith during the Reconstruction era.
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A nineteenth-century moral novel following a newly freed boy in Alabama as he balances labor, education, and Christian faith during the Reconstruction era.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Free eBook!
A nineteenth-century moral novel following a newly freed boy in Alabama as he balances labor, education, and Christian faith during the Reconstruction era.
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A nineteenth-century moral novel following a newly freed boy in Alabama as he balances labor, education, and Christian faith during the Reconstruction era.
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#FreeBooks #eBooks #KindleBooks #AfricanAmericanLiterature #Slavery #PostCivilWar