Rania's Book Club is Back! 

Digital illustration of Rania, a brown-skinned Black woman with long dark hair, she is reading a book with the words
Digital illustration of Rania, a brown-skinned Black woman with long dark hair, she is reading a book with the words "Rania Reads" on the back cover, an illustration of a rose is on the front cover. A banner above Rania's image reads "Book Club"
The Liberation Library Book Club is Back! 

Rania writes, because well, Rania READS! I am so happy to find the time and energy to bring back my book club. The Liberation Library is a freedom affirming space for collective learning, strategizing and growing. 

How it works: 

  • Book club is free/pay what you can, but you must register. 
  • Donationswww.raniawrites.com/donate support  folks with accessing the books, and help to cover costs for note takers, ASL , captioning and/or other access needs. You can make a donation to Book Club here.
  • Please note, we read books that are mostly written by Black & Indigenous folks, as such we want to make sure that we buy the books ( soft or hard copies) or borrow them from libraries (and each other) rather than circulate PDF copies. 
  • The Liberation Library runs from April 1st 2021, to March 30th, 2022 (inshallah!) 
  • You have two options for pace - the slow land, where we read 6 books over 12 months and meet once a month, or the fast lane, where we read one book every month, meeting twice in that period. 
  • We meet twice a month, in a facilitated conversation and open discussion, guiding questions, reflections and prompts accompany each book. ​
  • You can skip months and switch leans when you need to, just let us know. 
  • Book Club registration is a must, so we can understand your access needs, including getting a soft/hard/audio copy of the text.
  • RSVP to each book/meeting in advance, please make sure to fill out the general book club registration before you sign up for these sessions. 
  • Meetings are currently taking place on zoom.
  • We will occasionally have guest facilitators, participants are also welcome to lead discussions.


Welcome back to the liberation library, we can’t wait to read and grow with you! 

FAST LANE: BOOK CLUB BOOK LIST & MEETING DATES 

Teaching to Transgress - bell hooks (APRIL 2021) 
6 PM, APRIL 1ST &  6 PM, APRIL 27TH 

Blacklife - Rinaldo Walcott & Idil Abdillahi (MAY 2021)
10 AM, MAY 1st, & 11 AM, MAY 29th

Beyond Survival - Ejeris Dixon, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (JUNE 2021) 
10 AM, JUNE 12th &  6 PM, JUNE 24th

We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice - Mariame Kaba (JULY 2021)
6 PM, JULY 8th & 6 PM, JULY 21st 

Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer (AUGUST 2021)  6 PM, AUGUST 10th & 6 PM, AUGUST 24th

Disability Visibility - Alice Wong  (SEPTEMBER 2021)
10 AM, SEPTEMBER 13th & 6 PM SEPTEMBER 21st 

​Your Silence Will Not Protect You - Audre Lorde (OCTOBER 2021)
6 PM, OCTOBER 6th & 6 PM, OCTOBER 20th

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity & Love - bell hooks (NOVEMBER 2021)
10 AM, NOVEMBER 6th & 6 PM, NOVEMBER 22nd

The Body is Not an Apology - Sonya Renee Taylor (DECEMBER 2021)
10 AM, DECEMBER 4th & 6 PM, DECEMBER 13th

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments - Saidiya Hartman (JANUARY 2022)
6 PM, JANUARY 10th & 6 PM, JANUARY 24th

Golden Gulag - Ruth Wilson Gilmore (FEBRUARY 2022) 
6 PM, FEBRUARY 7th & 6 PM, FEBRUARY 22nd

Pleasure Activism - Adrienne Maree Brown (MARCH 2022) 
10 AM, MARCH 5th & 6 PM, MARCH 28th

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SLOW LANE: BOOK CLUB BOOK LIST & MEETING DATES 

Blacklife - Rinaldo Walcott & Idil Abdillahi (MAY - JUNE 2021)
6 PM, MAY 24th & 6 PM, JUNE 22nd

Beyond Survival - Ejeris Dixon , Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (JULY - AUGUST 2021)
 10 AM, JULY 3rd & 10 AM, AUGUST 21st 

We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice - Mariame Kaba (SEPTEMBER  - OCTOBER 2021)
10 AM, SEPTEMBER 18th & 6 PM, OCTOBER 7th 

Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer (NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2021) 
6 PM, NOVEMBER 8th & 6 PM , DECEMBER 6th

Disability Visibility - Alice Wong  (JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2022)
6 PM, JANUARY 11th & 10 AM, FEBRUARY 5th
 
Pleasure Activism - Adrienne Maree Brown (MARCH - APRIL 2022) 
6 PM, MARCH 7th & 6 PM, APRIL 5th

    Book Club Registration - WAITLIST


    MORE SPACES ADDED!

    Please complete this general registration form, and then proceed to RSVP for each individual session, via our eventbrite page, up to 2 weeks before the meeting. 
    Please visit our session registration page to sign up for individual meetings!