What to Read for Black Futures Month
Here is a taste of Black Canadian talent you should read for this Black Futures month, according to Zalika Reid-Benta, whose book FRYING PLANTAIN was one of CanLit's most celebrated books of 2019. You can follow her in Instagram at @zalikarb. Also check out Terese Mason Pierre's chapbook, Surface Area, which wasn't in our database but was on Reid-Benta's list.
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Shut Up You're Pretty
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Other Side of the Game
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Dear Current Occupant
A Memoir
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Black Writers Matter
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Voodoo Hypothesis
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Daughters of Silence
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The Skin We're In
A Year of Black Resistance and Power
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Policing Black Lives
State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present
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Reproduction
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In Another Place, Not Here
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