as scorpio szn comes to an end, i wanted to share the books that have had a meaningful and lasting impact on me. some books were nail biters from beginning to end, others opened my mind to my revolutionary potential as a Black femme, and still others were just really amazing works of literary artistry. click through and discover the books that made me who I am today.

book list:

assata: an autobiography by assata shakur

homie by danez smith

stay with me by ayòbámi adébáyo

heads of the colored people by nafissa thompson-spires

afro pessimism by frank b wilderson iii

medical apartheid by harriet a washington

black leopard red wolf by marlon james

augustown by kei miller

how we get free by keeanga-yamahtta taylor

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