“I hope my work is catalytic and inspires readers to reflect deeply on their experiences and, in turn, live with greater self-awareness and courage.”
Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
I value having the ability to open my eyes and expand my thought processes beyond my own worldview and social conditioning. Reading helps me do just that. To be a Well-Read Black Girl is most certainly a goal of mine. Reading reminds me that the only limits I face are the ones I set for and accept myself. What I have come to treasure the most through my recent reading journey is my ability to see myself in the writings of others, and the calling to write so others can be inspired to live abundantly and see themselves in the words from my heart. The books below are those that have affirmed me, helped challenge and expand my perspective of living and loving, and allowed me to venture to worlds of imagination and wonder. Please be patient with me, as the reviews have not yet been linked and/or pending… I recently committed to the practice of reviewing books (as I know, this is important for authors), so this process may take this reformed perfectionist a bit of time to complete. Nevertheless, the list is here for the sake of accountability/motivation. Anticipate the list of books to grow. Enjoy the journey & thank you for riding with me!
The Salt Eaters ~ Toni Cade Bambara
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Parable of the Sower ~ Octavia Butler
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Salvation: Black People & Love ~ bell hooks
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All About Love ~ bell hooks
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Communion ~ bell hooks
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Red Lip Theology ~ Candice Marie Benbow
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Sensual Faith ~ Lyvonne Briggs
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The Day God Saw Me Black ~ D. Danyelle Thomas
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All the Black Girls Are Activist ~ Ebony Janice Moore
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture ~ Gabor Mate, MD with Daniel Mate
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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies ~ Deesha Philyaw
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How We Show Up ~ Mia Birdsong
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The Color of Compromise ~ Jemar Tisby
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Womanist Midrash: Introduction to Women of the Torah ~ Dr. Wilda Gafney
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Codependent No More ~ Melody Beattie
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Homecoming ~ Thema Bryant, PhD.
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Remote Control ~ Nnedi Okorafor
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Who Fears Death ~ Nnedi Okorafor
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Introduction to Internal Family Systems~ Richard C. Schwartz, PhD.
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Rest is Resistance~ Tricia Hersey
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Children of Blood and Bone~ Tomi Adeyemi
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Children of Virtue and Vengeance~ Tomi Adeyemi
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What You Won’t Do for Love ~ Keleigh Crigler Hadley
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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval ~ Saidiya Hartman
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Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex) ~ Nadia Bolz-Weber
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In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens ~ Alice Walker
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We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For ~ Alice Walker
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Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Animals ~ Alexis Pauline Gumbs
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Reading the Bible From the Margins ~ Miguel A. De La Torre
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The Deepest Well ~ Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
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The Color of Law~ Richard Rothstein
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The Spirit of Intimacy ~ Sobonfu Some
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Ritual: Power, Healing, and Community ~ Malidoma Patrice Some
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Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of a Shaman ~ Malidoma Patrice Some
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Ancestor Paths: Honoring our Ancestors and Guardian Spirits Through Prayers, Rituals & Offerings ~ Aladokun
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The Inward Journey ~ Howard Thurman
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Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective ~ Kelly Brown Douglas
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Womanist Theological Ethics ~ Cannon, Townes & Sims, eds.
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Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength ~ Chanequa Walker-Barnes
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Passionate and Pious: Religious Media and Black Women’s Sexuality ~ Monique Moultrie
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The Sexual Politics of Black Churches ~ Josef Sorett, Editor
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Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk ~ Delores S. Williams
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Ain’t I a Womanist Too? Third Wave Womanist Religious Thought ~ Monica Coleman, Editor
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Eloquent Rage ~ Brittany Cooper
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Caste ~ Isabel Wilkerson
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Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World ~ Jenn Granneman & Andre Solo
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The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our “Correct” Beliefs ~ Peter Enns
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Heaven and Hell: The History of the Afterlife ~ Bart D. Ehrman
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Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why ~ Bart D. Ehrman
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Forged: Writing in the Name of God, Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are ~ Bart D. Ehrman
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