Farah Jasmine Griffin

17 books

Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever by Farah Jasmine Griffin, Salim Washington

Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever

Farah Jasmine Griffin, Salim Washington

304 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative slow-paced
Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II by Farah Jasmine Griffin

Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II

Farah Jasmine Griffin

264 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics challenging informative slow-paced
If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday by Farah Jasmine Griffin

If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday

Farah Jasmine Griffin

256 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative slow-paced
In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays by Farah Jasmine Griffin

In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays

Farah Jasmine Griffin

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself

Harriet Ann Jacobs

371 pages • first pub 1861 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature by Farah Jasmine Griffin

Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature

Farah Jasmine Griffin

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

288 pages • first pub 1903 (editions)

nonfiction classics history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Stranger in the Village by Cheryl J. Fish, Farah Jasmine Griffin

A Stranger in the Village

Cheryl J. Fish, Farah Jasmine Griffin

384 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction travel informative medium-paced
The Street, The Narrows by Ann Petry

The Street, The Narrows

Ann Petry

815 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective medium-paced
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women by Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin

Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women

Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction education feminism history challenging informative slow-paced