Book Brunch Reading List

From the beautiful and creative minds of Level Ground Collective Organizers Lily and Beka, on August 26 our amazing community gathered for brunch (at Superba in Hollywood for the foodies out there!) and everyone brought a few books for a show and tell. We ate delicious food, passed around books that have been transformative to us personally and artistically, and got to know each other better.

The reading list we collectively cultivated is 🔥🔥 and we’re honored to share it with you here. If you end up reading any of these books, please consider getting them from your local library or buying from a used or local bookstore. And let us know what you think!

  • The Answer to the Riddle is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia by David Stuart MacLean

  • The Art of the Loom: Weaving, Spinning, & Dyeing Across the World by Ann Hecht

  • Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Anti-Black World by Zakiyyah Iman Jackson

  • Black Quantum Futurism: Theory & Practice by Rasheedah Phillips

  • Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes by Anne Elizabeth Moore

  • The Breaks by Julietta Singh

  • Ceremonies by Essex Hemphill

  • Collective Wisdom: Co-creating Media for Equity and Justice by Katerina Cozen & William Uricchio

  • Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks

  • Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity by José Esteban Muñoz

  • The Enneagram for Black Liberation: Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry by Chichi Agorom

  • Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy by Robert Farris Thompson

  • Fledgling by Octavia Butler

  • Inappropriate Bodies: Art, Design, and Maternity edited by Rachel App Buller and Charles Reeve

  • It’s Just a Plant: A Children’s Story About Marijuana by Ricardo Cortés

  • Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

  • Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organzing by Marie Kondo

  • Misfits: A Personal Manifesto by Michaela Coel

  • A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles by Marianne Williamson

  • Typset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies by Dave Addey

  • Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility edited by Reina Gossett, Eric A. Stanley, and Johanna Burton

  • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer

 
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