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Reposted from @bronxmuseum Drop by @bronxmuseum tomorrow - Saturday, November 29 - between 12 and 1:30 PM to pick up your free copy of ‘The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture’ by Courtney Thorsson for our Book Club in partnership with @literaryfreedomproject’s One Book One Bronx Initiative!

The Book Club will meet at the Museum to discuss the book on four weekends afternoons from December 7 - December 27. More info and the link to RSVP are in @bronxmuseum’s bio 🔗

‘The Sisterhood’ examines the rise of Black women writers in the 1980s, the challenges of Black feminism’s integration into academia, and the legacy carried forward by younger writers. The book celebrates the organizing, networking, and community building amongst Black women authors.

📷Pictured: “The Sisterhood, 1977:” Vertamae Grosvenor, Alice Walker, Lori Sharpe, Toni Morrison, June Jordan, Nana Maynard, Ntozake Shange, and Audreen Ballard. Courtesy of Alice Walker.

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#Repost @wellreadblackgirl ・・・ “My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences.” Audre Lorde, from ‘The Cancer Journals’ 📖 • • • Repost from my favorite literary non-profit @mosaicmagazine ・・・ Join #OneBookOneBronx as we read Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by #AudreLorde | Mark your calendar 📆 Tuesdays 6:30-8pm: October 30, November 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2018 | @BronxArtSpace, 305 E 140th St. • • • In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope. #wellreadblackgirl https://www.instagram.com/p/BohefpPjky7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hzx2k738lowi