As part of our Black History Month sale, we present a reading list of books by Black women who are engaged in the work of history-making, radical imagining, and movement building. All of these books are 50% off through the month of February.
In honor of Black History Month: A Haymarket Books reading guide in celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. Take 50% OFF select Haymarket Books until the end of February!
“There is a tradition of athletes who understand that sports is a way to reach people and change the world. Michael Bennett's name deserves mention alongside the best of us.”
—Dr. John Carlos
"Ignore Eve Ewing at your own intellectual, political, and cultural peril."
–Chicago Magazine
“Aja Monet’s poetry offers us textures of feeling and radical shifts of meaning that expand our capacity to envision and fight for new worlds.”
—Angela Y. Davis
“José Olivarez’s work shines a spotlight on the often-overlooked stories of Mexican-Americans in the Midwest—the all too familiar feeling of being ni de aqui, ni de alla (not from here, nor there).”
—Remezcla
“Arundhati Roy is one of the few great revolutionary intellectuals in our time."
—Cornel West
"No writer has weighed the complexities of sustaining hope in our times of readily available despair more thoughtfully and beautifully, nor with greater nuance."
—Maria Popova
"Taylor has absconded from the ivory tower to break down the current Movement for Black Lives, arguing that it holds the potential to reignite a broader push for black liberation."
—The Root
