#blackwomanwrite

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Two years ago today I started The Free Black Women’s Library on a brownstone stoop in Bedstuy, Brooklyn with a dance for Oshun and 100 books. I only did once exchange that day!! Now I have over 700 books with multiple performances and presentations on Black feminism and womanism behind me, as well as hundreds and hundreds of exchanges under my belt!! I’m feeling so grateful and looking forward to more growth, study, and art making. Thank you to everyone that has supported this project from the start with good wishes, book exchanges and supportive vibes, you are a blessing.

[thefreeblackwomanslibrary]

Roxane Gay decided to write about being overweight. It took her to some painful places.

The essayist says her new memoir, “Hunger,” is the hardest story she’s ever had to write.