I read some fire essay collections this year. In these books, I was challenged and experienced growth in ways that I wasn’t expecting. I fangirled over some of my favorite writers and found some new treasures.
Here are 6 of the best essay collections from 2021 (you can see the rest of my favorite books from 2021 here).
Book to make your heart burst open
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke & Brené Brown
(you can read my review on feministbookclub.com)
Unapologetic Black Woman
Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay
Twerking off my feminist high horse
Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen
Ready to unionize and revolutionize
Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone by Sarah Jaffe
(here is a post inspired by this book)
Black women lusting, and I’m here for it
Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins
Racial Reckoning
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
(you can read my review on feministbookclub.com)
Liberation is Lit 