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Black History Month Reads

Feb 17, 2022
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We care deeply about the sharing and reading of Black authors, and using this time to reflect, remember and celebrate Black history in the US. We hope you add some books to your reading list, and continue to reflect and evaluate your anti-racism work, along with us, year-round. Aunt Lute Books is sharing our book recs for not only the books we have published, but the other radical works we love to read.


  • Book cover is collage of organic, artistic and geometric images. Text reads: The Unforgetting Heart An Anthology of Short Stories by African American Women (1859-1993). Edited by Asha Kanwar.
  • Book cover featuring portrait of author in black and white. Text reads: Alice Walker Banned
  • Book cover with stripe of red at top over black and white image of people looking directly into camera. Text reads: Positive/Negative Women of Color and HIV/AIDS: A collection of plays Edited by Imani Harrington and Chyrell Bellamy Foreword by Evelyn C. White
  • Book cover is text over photo of Ellen Kuzwayo. Text reads: Call Me Woman By Ellen Kuzwayo Preface by Nadine Gordimer Foreword by Bessie Head
  • Book cover with text over sepia image of person in suit looking off to bottom of cover. Text reads: Her a novel. Cherry Muhanji.
  • Book cover with text over organic and geometric shapes in teal and greens. Text is in yellow and red. Text reads: New Voices 1 By DeeAnne Davis, Rabie Harris, and Gloria Yamato Guest editor Sauda Burch. Aunt Lute.

What are your book recs for Black History Month and beyond?



Book covers over green background. Text reads: Aunt Lute reads for Black History Month. Sister Outside by Audre Lorde. Muslim Cool by Su'ad Abdul Khabeer. Semi by Audre Lorde. Banned by Alice Walker. Island Queen by Vanessa Riley. Unbound by Tarana Burke. The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin. The Unforgetting Heart by Asha Kanwar.

 
 

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