Book cover for Waiting For An Angel (Helon Habila, Cassava Republic), depicting an artist sketching a person’s eye on a wall. https://cassavarepublic.biz/product/waiting-for-an-angel/
Book cover for The Black Antifascist Tradition: Fighting Back From Anti-Lynching to Abolition by Jeanelle K. Hope and Bill V. Mullen (Haymarket Books), showing the title and author in white text with black shadows against a wine-red background. At the top and bottom are black-and-white historical photos of Black leaders and protestors and one picture of marching KKK. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2223-the-black-antifascist-tradition
The Party & The Candidate by Kat Sandler (Playwrights Canada Press): In these two entwined, fast-paced plays, the hilarious goings-on behind the scenes of a controversial election chaotically unfold first at the fundraiser that will decide the party’s nominee and then months later at a debate the night before the election. https://www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/T/The-Party-The-Candidate
Book cover for Semiotics by Chekwube Danladi (University of Georgia Press), depicting a black woman holding one breast and looking sad, lying on her side on a bed with a snake. Below the title is noted "winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize" and "selected by Evie Shockley".
https://ugapress.org/book/9780820358116/semiotics/
#SmallPress #books 7/14
@playcanpress.bsky.social @cassavarepublic.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @ugapress.bsky.social #play #poetry #antifascist
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The cover of "The World Was in Our Hands: Voices from the Boko Haram Conflict" by Chitra Nagarajan: a pink-ish and turquoise green background with the title prominent in white text. Below that is a group of children dressed in garments made from similar fabric, seen from the side, and reaching up and back over their heads.
Coming Apr '25 from @cassavarepublic.bsky.social
"[A] deeply moving collection of first-hand narratives from a diverse range of people, living through the harrowing, ongoing Boko Haram conflict. [This] collection provides a profound insight into the realities faced by those caught in the turmoil."
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The origins and funding of Boko Haram have been intensely debated recently. Beyond this are real people whose lives have been forever changed.
Our forthcoming book, The World Was In Our Hands edited by Chitra Nagarajan shares their voices.
Hear their truths⬇️
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Two daily #SmallPress #books: Media Racism (Marquita M. Gammage, UWP) and Female Fear Factory (Pumla Dineo Gqola, @cassavarepublic.bsky.social).
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💙📚 #BookSky #BlackSky #BlackHistoryMonth #reading #nonfiction #patriarchy #media
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Book cover for Rotten Evidence by Ahmed Naji, translated by Katharine Halls. Shows a stylized graphic of a man walking out of a prison, his path intersecting with a flood. https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/rotten-evidence-reading-and-writing-in-an-egyptian-prison
Book cover for Junie by Chelene Knight (Bookhug), depicts a graphic of women's dresses in pinkish-red and pale blue with the title and author. At the top, logos for 2024 Canada Reads longlist, Winner Vancouver Book Award, and Longlist for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. At the bottom: "A debut novel of uncommon beauty, wisdom, and significance."--David Chariandy. https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/chelene-knight/junie-by-chelene-knight/
Book cover for The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa with sticker saying "National Book Award Finalist", depicting a rabbit's head at the center of spokes of red and blue that spell out the title and author. https://restlessbooks.org/bookstore/thebookcensorslibrary
Book cover for Like Water Like Sea, depicting female figures dancing and lying down against a blue background with the title and author text in a sprawling handwritten font. https://cassavarepublic.biz/product/like-water-like-sea/
#SmallPress #books 5/14
@ahmednaji.bsky.social @mcsweeneys.net @bookhugpress.bsky.social @cassavarepublic.bsky.social #novel #memoir #fiction
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Trans Femme Futures: An Abolitionist Ethic for Transfeminist Worlds by Nat Raha (Pluto Press): https://www.akpress.org/trans-femme-futures.html The authors show how social change can be achieved through transformative practices that allow queer life to thrive in a time of climate, health, political and economic crises.
What Every Radical Should Know about State Repression: A Guide for Activists by Victor Serge (Seven Stories): Classic 1926 manual. https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4591-what-every-radical-should-know-about-state-repression
Book cover for Female Fear Factory: Unravelling Patriarchy’s Cultures of Violence , depicting four silhouettes of female figures against a red background. https://cassavarepublic.biz/product/female-fear-factory/
Book cover for X: a novel by Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, with Kekla Magoon (Candlewick Press), depicting a man in a suit and hat running, against a giant white X. In the background behind the X is a black and white photograph which has been tinted dark red of a cityscape. https://www.candlewick.com/9780763690922/x/
#SmallPress #books 4/14
@sevenstories.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social @fullnommunism.bsky.social @cassavarepublic.bsky.social @keklamagoon.bsky.social #malcolmx #patriarchy #nonfiction #transfeminist
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Book cover for Roxy and Coco by Terese Svoboda (WVU Press), shows two naked women with blue wings on rocks in a harbour. https://wvupressonline.com/roxy-and-coco
Book cover for A Kind of Madness: Stories by Uche Okonkwo (Tin House), which shows a dark red and pink snake spiralling upwards against a golden background. https://tinhouse.com/book/a-kind-of-madness/
Book cover for Colorful Palate: A Flavorful Journey Through A Mixed American Experience by Raj Tawney, showing a "Best Independent Book Award winner" badge. https://www.fordhampress.com/9781531504571/colorful-palate/
Book cover for Akmaral by Judith Lindbergh (Regal House) shows a figure in silhouette on a horse on a hilltop, holding a bow, with a quiver of arrows. In the background is a large orange stylized horse. https://regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/akmaral/
Cleaning up my files and deleting the book covers I’ve already posted in my daily #SmallPress #book posts. Enjoy these beauties again! A 🧵. 1/14
@tsvoboda.bsky.social @wvupress.bsky.social @tinhouse.bsky.social @judithlindbergh.bsky.social @regalhouse.bsky.social #novel #stories #memoir
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🖇️Don’t miss your chance to be among the first to read this unforgettable debut. Read the full article and preorder your copy via the links below
THE MERCY STEP COMES OUT 22nd JULY 2025
📷 Sophia Evans/The Observer
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Darkly humorous and deeply moving, the novel vividly captures the complexities of the northern Black experience during this era. Told through Mercy’s imaginative and animated perspective, the storytelling is both heartfelt and piercing, balancing moments of lightness with profound emotional depth.
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Set in 1960s Bradford, The Mercy Step is a powerful and evocative story inspired by the author’s own experiences growing up in a Jamaican family. At its core is Mercy, a spirited, book-loving middle child navigating life with an abusive father and a deeply devout, fundamentalist Christian mother.
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We’re thrilled to announce that applications for the Being Black in Publishing Internship Programme 2024 are now open!
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Thank you for the shout out! ❤️
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Created a starter pack of African Publishers, Magazines, Journals, Newspapers, Awards. Note: this is publishers and such as entities not individuals, and actually African (place and/or people) produced not just about or for. (created under ZamaShort, so as not to have individual me in it heh).
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intersectional analysis.
Passionate about revealing diverse narratives, she is dedicated to advancing inclusive practices, fostering vibrant social cultures, and sharing her knowledge and insights generously.
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Specialising in identity politics, belonging, and social/cultural phenomena, she has authored peer-reviewed publications and presented at various conferences.
Her research expertise encompasses phenomenology, feminist studies, food as an analytical lens, interdisciplinary approaches, and—
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Pamella Gysman is an independent researcher and DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) consultant holding a Master’s degree in Women’s and Gender Studies and a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
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She holds a PhD in African Studies from the University of Basel, and is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the History Department at Princeton University. She is currently based in New York.
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She is a co-editor of Lost Libraries, Burnt Archives (2023), a collected volume of academic and creative works responding to the tragic fire at the University of Cape Town's African Studies library.
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Sindi-Leigh McBride was born in Johannesburg, where she grew up. Her essays and short stories have appeared in Africa’s a Country, Artthrob, Mousse Magazine, New Contrast, The Johannesburg Review of Books and others.
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Notas sobre a fome, her best-known book, was translated and published in Spain and Argentina.
She is a member of Sarau do Binho, a popular educator at the Abya Yala Feminist School, co-editor of Revista Amazonas in Brazil and, as a researcher, is part of the transnational collective La Laboratoria.
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Helena Silvestre is a writer from the favela, a multi-artist and an Afro-indigenous activist.
She is the author of four published books, one of which was a finalist for the 2020 Jabuti Prize, and co-author of O sistema e o antissistema, with Ailton Krenak and Boaventura de Sousa Santos.
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Notas sobre a fome, her best-known book, was translated and published in Spain and Argentina.
She is a member of Sarau do Binho, a popular educator at the Abya Yala Feminist School, co-editor of Revista Amazonas in Brazil and, as a researcher, is part of the transnational collective La Laboratoria.
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Helena Silvestre is a writer from the favela, a multi-artist and an Afro-indigenous activist.
She is the author of four published books, one of which was a finalist for the 2020 Jabuti Prize, and co-author of O sistema e o antissistema, with Ailton Krenak and Boaventura de Sousa Santos.
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Her work has been published in The Iowa Review, Scalawag, and Harvard Divinity Bulletin among others. Her essays have twice been recognized as notable works of literary nonfiction in The Best American Essays Series 2018 and 2019 and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
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Cherise Morris is a writer, interdisciplinary artist, and spirit worker born and raised in rural Virginia and living in Detroit, MI.
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