Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society Reading List

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Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society meets the 3rd Friday of each month from February – November primarily at the George Washington Carver Museum. We are a group of Black women reading African American authors. 2025 marks the 33rd year for the Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society.

November 1, 2020 Selection
Cover of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson

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Imprint: Random House (Aug 04, 2020)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 496 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593230251
October 16, 2020 Selection
Cover of The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Girl with the Louding Voice
by Abi Daré

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Add to Cart — $17.00

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Imprint: Dutton Books (Feb 23, 2021)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781524746094
September 18, 2020 Selection
Cover of Deacon King Kong
Deacon King Kong
by James McBride

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Imprint: Riverhead Books (Mar 03, 2020)
Fiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780735216723
August 21, 2020 Selection
Cover of The Yellow House: A Memoir
The Yellow House: A Memoir
by Sarah M. Broom

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Add to Cart — $26.00

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July 17, 2020 Selection
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Heaven, My Home
by Attica Locke

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June 2020 Selection
Cover of A Black Women’s History of the United States
A Black Women’s History of the United States
by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross

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May 2020 Selection
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The Water Dancer
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Imprint: One World (Sep 24, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780399590597
April 2020 Selection
Cover of Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
by Zora Neale Hurston and M. Genevieve West

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Imprint: Amistad (Jan 07, 2020)
Fiction, Hardcover, 192 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780062915795
February 2020 Selection
Cover of In the Country of Women: A Memoir
In the Country of Women: A Memoir
by Susan Straight

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