Format
Six or eight members, monthly meetings, one book per meeting. Host rotates so no one carries the burden alone.
First-year reading list
- Toni Morrison — Song of Solomon
- Jesmyn Ward — Sing, Unburied, Sing
- Imani Perry — South to America
- Honoree Fanonne Jeffers — The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
- Kiese Laymon — Heavy
- Robert Jones Jr. — The Prophets
Keep it going
Set the next book before everyone leaves. Decide who hosts next. Have one annual in-person dinner at a Southern Black restaurant — it strengthens the bond.