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SUMMARY:Seattle Latinx Bookclub - My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter
DESCRIPTION:This month we’ll be discussing Aja Monet’s poetry collection\, My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter. Powerful\, poetic meditations on motherhood\, sisterhood\, spirituality\, solidarity\, displacement/gentrification\, racism\, and sexism. As always\, our number one priority is creating comunidad. So please feel free to attend even if you didn’t get a chance to finish the book this month. \nNos vemos pronto! \nWhere to find the book \nYou can find a copy of their book on Bookshop.org here \nPurchase through Estelita’s Library‘s Bookshop.org storefront\, and you’ll support Seattle’s local Black/Brown-owned justice-focused community bookstore & lending library. \nYou can also find the book at Seattle Public Library in print\, ebook\, and audiobook formats. \nAbout the Book \nThe poetry collection\, My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter is poet Aja Monet’s ode to mothers\, daughters\, and sisters–the tiny gods who fight to change the world. Textured with the sights and sounds of growing up in East New York in the nineties\, to school on the South Side of Chicago\, all the way to the olive groves of Palestine\, these stunning poems tackle racism\, sexism\, genocide\, displacement\, heartbreak\, and grief\, but also love\, motherhood\, spirituality\, and Black joy. \nAbout the Author \nOf Cuban-Jamaican descent\, Aja Monet is an internationally established poet\, performer\, singer\, songwriter\, educator\, and human rights advocate. Monet is also the youngest person to win the legendary Nuyorican Poet’s Café Grand Slam title.
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