In honor of Black History Month, I want to share a few of my favorite books by Black authors. Some of these are classics that have shaped my thinking for many years and some I discovered more recently. Each of these books and authors have impacted my life and my work in a significant way.

Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde

Women, Race and Class by Angela Y. Davis

Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black by bell hooks

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown

Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker

Kindred by Octavia Butler

I hope that you will check out some of these titles and authors, and if you know of a book that you think I would like, please drop me a line and tell me about it.