In which I share a new Constitution, discuss the value of creative biodiversity, and get real about vacuums. Plus! A bunch of reading recs that helped me detach my sociocultural blinders, and July's book club picks, themed Bonfires & Bricklayers: The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner; Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley; and How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu. 

Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!

Resources

• Mariame Kaba (publisher website)
• Abolition. Feminism. Now. by Angela Y. Davis & Gina Dent
• Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad
• Claudia Rankine (author website)
• Eve L. Ewing (author website) | I recommend her collection 1919 in this episode
• Tommy Pico (author website) | I'm a huge Tommy Pico fan, but I recommend Nature Poem in this episode, particularly if you can find it as an audiobook
• Torrin A. Greathouse (author website)
• Sabrina Imbler (publisher website / author interview) | I mention How Far the Light Reaches in this episode
• Layli Long Soldier (National Book Award website for Whereas)
• Therese Marie Mailhot (author website) | I recommend Heart Berries in this episode

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