Marlon Peterson, Kiese Laymon and Tongo Eisen-Martin in conversation, June 21, 2021, 7 p.m. | San Francisco Public Library

Bird Uncaged

An Abolitionist's Freedom Song

by Peterson, Marlon

Book - 2021

A leading advocate for prison abolition and transformative justice shares insights from the author's firsthand experiences of growing up in a violent neighborhood and surviving a brutal incarceration. A leading advocate for prison abolition and transformative justice shares insights from the author's firsthand experiences of growing up in a violent neighborhood and surviving a brutal incarceration. Show less

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Long Division

by Laymon, Kiese

Book - 2021

Republished. A teenager in post-Katrina Mississippi discovers the whereabouts of a missing young girl after finding a strange, authorless book that describes how a young couple time travel from 1964 to 1985 to help a friend. Republished. A teenager in post-Katrina Mississippi discovers the whereabouts of a missing young girl after finding a strange, authorless book that describes how a young couple time travel from 1964 to 1985 to help a friend. Show less

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Heavy

An American Memoir

by Laymon, Kiese

Book - 2018

An essayist and novelist explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies and deception does to a black body, a black family and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse. An essayist and novelist explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies and deception does to a black body, a black family and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse. Show less

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Long Division

A Novel

by Laymon, Kiese

Book - 2013

A teenager in post-Katrina Mississippi discovers the whereabouts of a missing young girl after finding a strange, authorless book that describes how a young couple time travel from 1964 to 1985 to help a friend. A teenager in post-Katrina Mississippi discovers the whereabouts of a missing young girl after finding a strange, authorless book that describes how a young couple time travel from 1964 to 1985 to help a friend. Show less

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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

Essays

by Laymon, Kiese

Book - 2020

collection of essays on family, race, violence, celebrity, music, writing, and other topics. collection of essays on family, race, violence, celebrity, music, writing, and other topics. Show less

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Ebony

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Ebony is a monthly magazine that focuses on news, culture, and entertainment. Its target audience is the African-American community Ebony is a monthly magazine that focuses on news, culture, and entertainment. Its target audience is the African-American community Show less

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How We Fight White Supremacy

A Field Guide to Black Resistance

Book - 2019

In this must-read for anyone new to resistance work, the authors celebrate the Black Resistance, from protests to art to sermons to joy, and provide a blueprint for the fight for freedom and justice—and ideas for how each of us can contribute. In this must-read for anyone new to resistance work, the authors celebrate the Black Resistance, from protests to art to sermons to joy, and provide a blueprint for the fight for freedom and justice—and ideas for how each of us can contribute. Show less

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Colorlines

Race, Action, Culture

Magazine - 1998-2010

ColorLines is a daily news site featuring investigative reporting and news analysis from the perspective of communities of color ColorLines is a daily news site featuring investigative reporting and news analysis from the perspective of communities of color Show less

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Heaven Is All Goodbyes

by Eisen-Martin, Tongo

Book - 2017

he lineage of Gil Scott Heron, Allen Ginsberg, Audre Lorde. he lineage of Gil Scott Heron, Allen Ginsberg, Audre Lorde. Show less

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Someone's Dead Already

by Eisen-Martin, Tongo

Book - 2015

Tongo Eisen-Martin, San Francisco 8th Poet Laureate, brings history and memory, set to a lyrical beat. Tongo Eisen-Martin, San Francisco 8th Poet Laureate, brings history and memory, set to a lyrical beat. Show less

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