Reading Recommendations

“When I was a child and I was dealing with sexual assault, reading showed me language for what I had been through, and that I wasn’t alone, and that perhaps I would get to the other side of it.”

— Roxane Gay

LOVE POEMS ABOUT NO ONE

by Mel

Love Poems About No One is Mel’s debut collection of poetry. The author is an educator-organizer who uses expressive writing as an outlet for healing and political education. Mel has organized and served as a lecturer across various Pan-Afrikan spaces, bringing a lens of r/evolutionary love and queer-socialist-feminism alongside an approach which urgently balances materialism and idealism. Mel's poetry is where she is best able to find that space.

MENTAL HEALTH REFLECTIONS

Insights From My Healing Journey to Yours

by Alexandra Lee Hug

Alexandra Lee Hug’s deeply personal experience forms the backbone of this book, written during her own multi-year healing process. You’ll find candid reflections on themes like forgiveness, gratitude, and trauma recovery, presented in a way that feels like a conversation rather than a lecture. The chapters offer insights into self-compassion and resilience that anyone navigating mental health challenges can relate to and apply. This book is especially suited for those seeking encouragement and connection on their healing journey rather than clinical frameworks or therapy manuals.

FOR WOMEN TRYING TO BREATHE AND FAILING:

(It’s Not Your fault)

by Batsirai Chigama

Batsirai Chigama is an award winning Zimbabwean writer, spoken word performer, educator and gender activist. In her latest collection of poetry For Women Trying To Breath and Failing, Chigama focuses on fundamental issues that impact the everyday lives of women. Not only does her poetry shed light on and challenge traditionally accepted views of what it means to be a woman in society, it calls out for change.