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Welcome to the Quarantine Reading List! <\/strong><\/em>
Each edition we will publish a curated list of book recommendations that highlight and celebrate authors of color, contributions to social justice and the literary work of Black women. <\/em>
We hope that the experience of reading can help mitigate the stress of quarantine while challenging you to engage with discourses and narratives that are too-often excluded from the literary canon. I encourage you to progress critically, with an open-mind and with ample time to get lost in the pages of these novels.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Essential Works by Black Women<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

By Emma Piorer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 3: 10 Essential works- nonfiction and fiction authored by Black women<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Beloved<\/em><\/a> by Toni Morrison <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.Their Eyes Were Watching God<\/em><\/a> by Zora Neale Hurston<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most crucial literary contributions of all time, Their Eyes Were Watching God, tells the story of Black protagonist Janie, as she navigates family, marriage and the development of identity. Hurston describes the significance of her work and says, \u201cJanie is one black woman who doesn\u2019t have to live lost in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolish romantic dreams, instead Janie proclaims that she has done \u201ctwo things everybody’s got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin\u2019 fuh theyselves.\u201d
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3.Purple Hibiscus<\/em><\/a> <\/em>by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie   <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPurple Hibiscus is an exquisite novel about the emotional turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and the bright promise of freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. <\/em>Killing Rage: Ending Racism<\/em><\/a> by Bell hooks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.<\/em>Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism<\/em><\/a> by Safiya Umoja Noble<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.The Color Purple<\/em><\/a> by Alice Walker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.Freedom is a Constant Struggle <\/em><\/a>by Angela Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.Wildseed<\/a> by Octavia Butler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power<\/em><\/a> by Audre Lorde<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. For the demands of our released expectations lead us inevitably into actions which will help bring our lives into accordance with our needs, our knowledge, our desires. And the fear of our deepest cravings keeps them suspect, keeps us docile and loyal and obedient, and leads us to settle for or accept many facets of our oppression as women.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.Corregidora<\/em><\/a> <\/em>by Gayl Jone<\/p>\n\n\n\n