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Books about books (...call it book-ception 🤓)

by ayzrules
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33 books

Nonfiction about the history, development, and impact of books, literature, storytelling, knowledge, reading, archives, information, and related subjects. Always open to suggestions!

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The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from HistoryHow Queer Bookshops Changed the WorldPapyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient WorldDark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from HistoryHow Queer Bookshops Changed the World

Blending Memoirs with Research, Poetry, Culture

by violet.booklover
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191 books

Books that are part memoir part another genre: in a way that blends multiple mediums and/or themes in unique and engaging ways. Magical, explosive and memorable narratives expressed with creativity and depth. Books that inspire me to write more.

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The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired LifeS/HePansy: A Black American MemoirHoly Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired LifeS/He

Decolonized Imaginations

by kishmish
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18 books

books about the imagination as limited/unlimited by racialization and colonization. suggestions welcome!

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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary ImaginationThe Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the MindImagination: A ManifestoThe Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop, 13)
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary ImaginationThe Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind

Black History

by wednesdaymourning
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72 books

Books you SHOULD be reading all year

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When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical LegacyAmerican Soul: The Black History of Food in the United StatesAnother Word for Love: A MemoirA Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America
When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical LegacyAmerican Soul: The Black History of Food in the United States

the measure of our lives: black writers on reading

by hibiscus299
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Books by Black writers about their lives as readers and their relationships with language. Title comes from the following Toni Morrison quote: “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”

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Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering OurselvesGather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved MeSalvage: Readings from the WreckRead Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering OurselvesGather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me
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