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A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Alicia Elliott

223 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0abbeylane's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines by Mai'a Williams, China Martens, Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines

Mai'a Williams, China Martens, Alexis Pauline Gumbs

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0abbeylane's review
nonfiction essays feminism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle

From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

Jesse Thistle

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0abbeylane's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah L. Davis

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby

Deborah L. Davis

288 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0abbeylane's review
nonfiction psychology self help emotional sad medium-paced
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

Dorothy Roberts

400 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0abbeylane's review
nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health by Zena Sharman

The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health

Zena Sharman

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0abbeylane's review
nonfiction essays health lgbtqia+ poetry challenging informative reflective medium-paced
You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion by Meera Shah

You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion

Meera Shah

298 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0abbeylane's review
nonfiction feminism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

Butter Honey Pig Bread

francesca ekwuyasi

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0abbeylane's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

Tanya Talaga

363 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0abbeylane's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative sad medium-paced
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