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• Men We Reaped

  a Memoir

  Ward, Jesmyn,

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  A memoir of Ward's youth, seen through the brief lives of five men in her life, aged 19-31, all of whom died within a five-year time span.

• Crazy Brave

  a Memoir

  Harjo, Joy,

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  In her poem "Becoming Seventy," Harjo writes "Nothing is ever forgotten says the god of remembering...".

• Heavy

  An American Memoir

  Laymon, Kiese,

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  "'The most important part of writing, and really life, you said, is revision.'" A heart-breaking, painstakingly crafted masterwork.

• The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

  Lorde, Audre,

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  The definitive collection of the activist/poet/author's work, including landmark essays and selected poems from her nine volumes of poetry.

• Breathe

  a Letter to My Sons

  Perry, Imani, 1972-

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  Perry addresses her story to her sons, and the men they will become: "I cannot clip your wings...No, I want your wingspan wide."

• Heart Berries

  a Memoir

  Mailhot, Terese Marie,

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  "In my culture, I believe we carry pain until we can reconcile with it through ceremony." Mailhot's memoir is a ceremony in pen.

• No Ashes in the Fire

  Coming of Age Black & Free in America

  Moore, Darnell L., 1976-

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  Autobiography as a demand for liberation, for oneself and all others.

• To Float in the Space Between

  a Life and Work in Conversation With the Life and Work of Etheridge Knight

  Hayes, Terrance,

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  Esteemed poet Hayes unearths the poetry and life story of Knight, including his own poems and illustrations.

• Black Is the Body

  Stories From My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine

  Bernard, Emily, 1967-

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  Through twelve personal essays, Bernard uses her blackness as foundation: "Race is the story of my life, and therefore black is the body of this book."

• Hunger

  a Memoir of (my) Body

  Gay, Roxane,

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  Novelist, essayist, journalist Gay adds memoir to her list of writing accomplishments.

• How We Fight for Our Lives

  a Memoir

  Jones, Saeed,

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  Poet Jones writes of being black and gay in 1990's Texas, and of knowing he was a writer since he entered eighth grade.