Thank you for subscribing to Belonging Books' newsletter. This is our first one, and we have so much to share with you! As a community program provider and as a bookseller, Belonging Books centers the voices and stories of people of color and other underrepresented communities on the Cape, creating space for joy, celebration, safety and belonging. |
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Now more than ever, we need joy, comfort and solidarity. Join Belonging Books with Communi-T Productions tonight for our first ever Open Mic Night at the Karibbean Lounge. |
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Love, celebration and support are in the air. Belonging Books will set up its table at these amazing community events below, selling thoughtfully-curated books and other items made by POC/LGBTQIA+ owned small businesses. Come support these events and say hello! |
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On May 21, Belonging Books held its first bookselling event at A-Way with Words, a spoken word and poetry event held in tribute to George Floyd and Black lives. The spoken word artists were empowering. Thank you to the hosts, The Cordial Eye, Amplify POC Cape Cod and Polyphonic Studios. I was so happy to introduce Belonging Books to everyone. Thank you for all your support! Click below to see where Belonging Books plans to pop-up. |
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Starting April 4, Belonging Books held its first Creative Writing Workshop for BIPOC Teens. Five students joined, and we quickly became a small community. One student shared, "This workshop not only provided a comfortable place to share and reflect on personal stories, but it also gave me a place to feel comfortable writing and reading aloud my own words confidently!" |
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This was just the beginning. Stay tuned for more youth writing workshop offerings across the Cape as I work on funding. |
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Here are some books that I have read that have have touched me and that I would like to share. Every day (regardless of what month it is!), we center and celebrate the voices and stories of people of color and other underrepresented people. Children's Non-Fiction: It Feels Good to be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn and Noah Grigni Middle Reader Memoir: brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Young Adult Fiction: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Fiction: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo Non-Fiction: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong |
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