3 Indie Books I’m Reading Right Now

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Associate Editor Erica Ezefedy was a transplant from Nashville, Tennessee, settled in the northeast. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public libraries. It focuses on providing free spaces, instruction and test preparation guidance for queer teens to students. Outside of work, much of her free time is planning her next snack in search of her next great read. Find her on Twitter @erica_eze_.

If you’re interested in some of their offerings, continue below for the legacy of the black feminist groups that make history in the 70s, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, and the poetry around the layered identity of Palestinian-American poets.

Books that are on my list forever

How to Free yourself with Keenaga-Yamahtta Taylor

This 2018 Lambda Award-winning book looks at the legacy and contributions of founding members of the Combahee River Collective, a groundbreaking group of radical black feminists formed in the ’70s. Here, interviews and essays with founding members of the group reflect black feminism.

Collection by authors that meant I would read for a while

1919: Poems by Eve L. Ewing, read by the author

Eve L. Ewing, 1919

Using poetry and the lens of Afrofuturist, Ewing said that the largely unknown Chicago Race Riot (also known as the Red Summer) of 1919 lasted eight days, resulting in 38 deaths and 500 injuries.

A whole new collection and poet

Dear God's cover. Dear bones. Dear Yellow

Dear God. Dear bones. Dear yellow. Noor Hindi

Palestinian American poet Noor Hindi layeres various aspects of her identity and examines them, exploring how colonialism, patriarchy, religion, and all other aspects of society interact.

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