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Ive had the opportunity to visit independent bookstores across the country, including powells books in portland my name is glory edim, founder of wrbg. Smaller groups have a more personal feeling to them, but larger groups invite a greater diversity in opinion. Black girls travel too black women travel groups black. Sisters connected book club sisters connected is an african american book discussion group which began in july of 1998.
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A list of african american book clubs in the united states sorted by. A novelist writes that black book clubs give encouragement to black writers. Online book clubs are a great way to enjoy the benefits of a reading group without a lot of the negatives. In the shadow of the banyan is officially fiction, but ratner admits in the authors note that it is basically her storymaking it fiction just gave her freedom with some of the details. Featured on oprahs book club this book is about 12yearold sophie caco who leaves haiti to go live with her mother whom she barely remembers. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors.
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