Go On Girl! Book Club

Launched in 1991, Go On Girl! Book Club is one of the largest national reading organizations in the U.S. for Black women. Their reading list spans over a quarter of a century.

Every six months, titles for their reading list are researched and selected by their Reading List Committee. Books are picked in the following categories, Novel, Autobiography/Biography/Memoir, Classic, New Author, Anthology, International, Short Stories, Mystery/Thriller, Historical, and Social Commentary. The process ensures all of the selected titles are of high quality and there is something for everyone to enjoy. Reader, we are fortunate to have access to their expertly curated reading list — enjoy!

Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society

2023 marks the 31st year of the Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society. They are a group of Black women who read African America authors and meet at the George Washington Carver Museum in Austin Texas. Members are also one of the driving forces behind the Austin African American Book Festival.

Their club’s reading list is also a great way to discover excellent books.

Running to Fall written by Kalisha Buckhanon and published by AALBC was picked up by audiobook publisher Recorded Books

The audiobook version of Running to Fall is available wherever audiobooks are sold including Audible.

However, I recommend you try Libro.fm for audiobooks, because Every time you make a purchase they split the profits with an indie bookseller of your choice. You can also cancel or pause your account without losing access to the audiobook credits you may have earned.

Listen to an excerpt of the Running to Fall audiobook on YouTube ?

Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation

Originally published in 1925, during the Garvey Era, or what would later be known as the Harlem Renaissance, The New Negro is widely recognized as the most significant publication from the period.

Langston Hughes’ poem “Youth” is quoted by Locke in the book and it serves as a rallying cry to our greatness;

We have tomorrow
Bright before us
Like a flame.

Yesterday
A night-gone thing,
A sun-down name.

And dawn-today
Broad arch above the road we came.
We march!

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