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Samara Cyn’s Reading List

Reading With Rappers 📚

So often, female rappers are rendered invisible by an industry that would rather cater to the chauvinistic tendencies of male listeners, than promote unique and refreshing artists. Samara Cyn is an undeniably gifted writer. She courageously welcomes the audience into her inner world with each song she drops. It’s no surprise her reading list is as varied and thoughtful as her art.

Have you read any books on this list? This list was approved by Samara ...

February Book Pick

Next month we will read A map to the door of no return by Dionne Brand

December Packing Week📚

We sent books to 1,378 people incarcerated in 38 states across the U.S. in December! 1378 books!

People received Abolition Feminisms, The World We Need, Elite Capture, How to Say Babylon and Blessings.

This year, we’re committed to continuing this work and making political education accessible no matter where folks are. As the U.S. continues to wage war all across the hemisphere, the latest being bombing Nigeria and Venezuela, it’s more urgent than ever that we get clear on th...

NOVEMBER BOOK PICK

This month we are reading Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Letters from our Incarcerated Members

In between packing weeks, we spend a lot of time going through letters, prepping responses and processing packages, address changes and more. We get numerous letters weekly, sometimes requests to be added to our mailing lists, questions about the types of books we send out, and occasionally a poem or offering to be shared. Sharing a couple of those letters above and an image of some of our amazing volunteers (by Vernon King) during a processing day.

We’re working towards moving more ...

BOOK OF THE MONTH

For the month of October we are reading Assata: An Autobiography. Join us in person at a local chapter near you. We will meet in 38 different cities around the world. We are also launching 5 new chapters this month 🥳 Juba South Sudan, Havana Cuba, Lusaka Zambia, Cape Town South Africa and Gaborone Botswana!!!

Paris Chapter!

We are excited to announce we are launching our Paris chapter this month. If you’d like to join please email info@nonamebooks.com

Prison Program August Recap

Last month, we packed over 1200 books for our incarcerated members! Multiple days of prep, packing and letter writing to make sure we stay connected to our folks in prisons. We sent Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson by Barbara Ransby to hundreds of prisons in 38 of the 50 states. Your support on Patreon keeps this work going.

September Book Pick

We are excited to announce we will be reading Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde!

BTS: Prep for Prison Program Packing

We’re packing hundreds of books for our incarcerated members this week! Here’s some behind the scenes on some of the prep that goes into packing week. Along with updating our databases, processing letters and managing our inventory, we spend hours moving and organizing material and mailing to prep for the three days of packing.

Your support allows us to continue to do this work and we want to bring you more exclusive footage. Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see more...

AUGUST BOOK PICK

Decolonizing The Mind by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

JULY BOOK PICK

Hello everyone, next month we will be reading Krik Krak by Edwidge Danticat 🤎

JUNE BOOK PICK

More Prison Program Packing recap photos :)

Prison Program Packing!

This past weekend, we packed hundreds of books for our incarcerated members. We sent Race, Rights and Redemption. Our incarcerated members are all over the U.S., in 38 prisons out of the 50 states. In this moment of increased censorship, book bans and decreased access to education for marginalized communities, particularly incarcerated folks, we’re committed to continuing to grow and strengthen this program and our links to our communities on the “inside”.

Your support ...

MAY BOOK PICK

Hello everyone! Next month we will be reading Africa Is Not A Country by Dipo Faloyin. Happy reading!

Artwork by Aaron Parris

INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

This month we are reading A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid. If you would like to come to one of our international meetings email info@nonamebooks.com . London folks don’t need to email, just drop a note in the London chat.

DAKAR

ACCRA

KAMPALA

LAGOS

NAIROBI

ABIDJAN

BERLIN

LONDON

Nairobi Chapter 🤎

This month we officially launched our chapter in Nairobi, Kenya! The meeting was held at Cheche Books which is a beautiful bookstore/organizing space in the city. They carry all sorts of revolutionary titles and are a hub for many local organizers and activists.

APRIL BOOK PICK

Hello everyone! Next month we will be reading A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid. Paid subscribers get book announcements early. We will post on socials April 1st. Happy reading!

Artwork by Aaron Parris

March MEETUPS

This month we are meeting in 19 U.S cities! All information for meetings can be found in the chats. Find your local chapter in the community/chat tab

LOS ANGELES

HOUSTON

DC

NYC

DENVER

SACRAMENTO

ST. LOUIS

ATLANTA

DURHAM

OAKLAND

PHILLY

HARTFORD

BOSTON

BALTIMORE

DALLAS

COLUMBUS

MINNEAPOLIS

CHICAGO

CLEVELAND

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Prison Chapter Books!

Thank you to all our paid subscribers who helped make this possible! This month we were able to send 100 copies of the March book pick to the prison chapters of Noname Book Club. Next month we will have a larger packing week where we send to all of our incarcerated members ✊🏾

LAGOS CHAPTER

The mission of this club is to connect black people around the world through literature and dialogue. We are so happy to share the first meeting in Lagos was a complete success! Next month Noname Book Club will launch our Nairobi Chapter. Thank you all for subscribing and making this pan African expansion possible 🤎

March Book Pick

Hello everyone! Next month we will be reading Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Patreon subscribers get book announcements early. We will post on socials March 1st. Happy reading!

Hello!

After taking the month of January off to reorganize ourselves we are back this month with plenty of events in our local library and several Noname Book Club local chapter meet-ups. Here on patreon we have implemented the chat feature where local members can engage directly with each other. The meetup flyers will be posted next week. If don’t see your city in the chats and would like us to create a chapter near you please comment below. The cities with the most request will be prioritized fi...

February 2025 Book Pick!

For Black History Month we are reading Women's liberation and the African freedom struggle

NOVEMBER PACKING WEEK WRAPPED

This month we packed and sent 3000 books out to the homies inside. This was one of our largest packing weeks ever.

Thank you all for making this program possible month to month!

Books Sent:

Black Lives Matter at School

Body Family

From #BLM to Black Liberation

There Are Trans People Here

OCTOBER PACKING WEEK WRAPPED

This month we packed and sent 1312 books out to the homies inside.

Thank you all for making this program possible month to month — it couldn't happen without your support.

OCTOBER 2024 MEETUP DATES

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OCTOBER 2024 BOOK PICK

Next month we're reading Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler!