#bluestriumphant

[greeniezona]

Listen. I totally bought this book for the cover. It was a bonus that the poetry was lovely as well. Putting this book in the #bookcovercoordinated project was a given. . . #bluestriumphant #jonterrigadson #yesyesbooks #poetry #beadsandbooks #fringeearrings #danglyearrings #seedbeads #brickstitch #handmadeearrings https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn4Eb4ml1AE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qcsdvhqbg1h0

[greeniezona]

A fellow publisher on twitter recently asked people to share their favorite book covers. The question took over my brain. Should I consider only the front image, or the entire binding? Should the best covers also be judged as accurate representations of the contents? After spending way too long on this, I finally made a stack of four of my current favorites of those books on my shelves at this time. (Wow. I *really* hate being reatricted to a single favorite of all time.) It’s cool to include your own cover, right? 😉 . . #books #bookcoverdesign #dancingstarpress #aruinofshadows #jonnyappleseed #bluestriumphant #arsenalpulppress #yesyesbooks #penguinclassics

[greeniezona]

Since I featured this book in the six book face challenge yesterday, I had to feature it for #apoemaday today. It was a struggle though, because there were three poems I really LOVED and wanted to share here. I finally settled on this one only because I don’t have many other poems on parenting I want to share. Anyway, this is a fantastic collection on family and race and being a woman and small towns and wanting. And look at that cover! . . #bluestriumphant #jonterrigadson #yesyesbooks #margaretbowland #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth https://www.instagram.com/p/B-z9QWGgRc7/?igshid=5uzd0syaymke

[greeniezona]

So, I didn’t actually set out to collect six black women for the #sixfacebookschallenge, but once I got to four I thought, why ruin it? This collection is making me really happy today, I hope it makes you smile, too. . . #bluestriumphant #jonterrigadson #binti #nnediokorafor #pdjèlíclark #theblackgodsdrums #nikkigiovanni #agoodcry #whatlookslikecrazyonanordinaryday #pearlcleage #mothersandothers #sarahblafferhrdy https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uapr0ARJd/?igshid=pudjorxs17t9

[greeniezona]

Listen. I started making a stack of my favorite Black literature for #blacklitchallenge’s Week 2 photo challenge, and things quickly got out of hand. So I decided to start off with a Black poetry stack. One book per author except Nikki Giovanni, who gets two — I DON’T MAKE THE RULES, I JUST MAKE THEM. . . Not pictured: Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith, because I checked it out from the library and haven’t hunted down my own copy yet. . . Listen. Don’t tempt me or I will post a picture of a favorite poem from each collection. . . #blackpoetry #blackliterature #blackhistorymonth #nikkigiovanni #lovepoems #quiltingtheblackeyedpea #jonterrigadson #bluestriumphant #claudiarankine #citizen #morganparker #magicalnegro #tracyksmith #lifeonmars #azizabarnes #ibebutiaint #graywolfpress #tinhousebooks #yesyesbooks #poetry https://www.instagram.com/p/B8bp2qigElM/?igshid=189rlm4j18ft5

[greeniezona]

I started pulling books for the contemporary black authors tag and I couldn’t stop. . . #riotgrams #contemporaryblackauthors #bookstack #stacksunday #badfeminist #roxanegay #tanehisicoates #betweentheworldandme #nikkigiovanni #agoodcry #bluestriumphant #jonterrigadson #aruinofshadows #ldlewis #zadiesmith #onbeauty #seenowthen #jamaicakincaid #whatlookslikecrazyonanordinaryday #pearlcleage #tonimorrison #beloved #jamesmcbride #thegoodlordbird #thepreyofgods #nickydrayden #tracyksmith #lifeonmars #azizabarnes #ibebutiaint https://www.instagram.com/p/BuACOM6HTxF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ns188suyso9i