all of these books had an impact on me:
Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
James by Percival Everett
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev
We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by adrienne maree brown
Six Flavored by Benjamin Bronte and Kristen Bond
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel by Loretta J Ross
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Colored Television by Danzy Senna
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
Blackouts by Justin Torres
When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse by Norma Kaweloku Wong
Spent by Alison Bechdel
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Harriet Tubman Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga
Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa
The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
You Better be Lightning by Andrea Gibson