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• Lotería

  Pelayo, Cynthia,

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  Recommended by Flor Bañuelos

• The Artist's Way

  a Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

  Cameron, Julia

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  “I brain dump [in this book] every morning. You don’t reread it — you just get it out.” — Flor Bañuelos

• Self-care for Latinas

  100+ Ways to Prioritize & Rejuvenate Your Mind, Body, & Spirit

  Reichard, Raquel,

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  “Pull what feels right from it. .... It has really good gems for slowing down.” — Flor Bañuelos

• Break the Cycle

  a Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma

  Buqué, Mariel,

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  “It’s a beautiful read and a painful read ... it helps you see what was passed down and how you can stop it.” — Flor Bañuelos

• Force and Freedom

  Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence

  Jackson, Kellie Carter,

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  “[This] really, really shook me as an African American who grew up in the Pacific Northwest. ... [Jackson] does the very impressive and challenging work of asking us to scrutinize the more dominant narratives around African American civil rights and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rediscovery of America

  Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

  Blackhawk, Ned,

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  “I feel like it is very important, especially in agency work, to understand where we are working and how things came to be that way. Self-educating, I think, is also a big part of activism. ... [this book] does very thorough work of bringing you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nine Lives

  Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans

  Baum, Dan

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  “About nine real individuals in New Orleans ... These nine stranger’s lives are connected, woven together and part of the deep and rich story and history of that city over time around the devastating tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. I am very proud of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Against the Loveless World

  a Novel

  Abulhawa, Susan,

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  This novel struck Gadbury “from the first page to the last.” She was taken by “the stunning, visceral way that this is a story about Palestine’s fight for freedom, and especially about women. I am still learning from what I learned. The book blew my…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Island of Missing Trees

  Shafak, Elif, 1971-

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  “[Shafak] has the most lyrical, human way of creating stories that are terribly complex in a way without judgement but that still kind of works out justice and does it over these really cool time arcs ... you see time and reconciliation happen over…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 我是李小龙

  自述画传 = Bruce Lee : the Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon

  李小龙, 1940-1973,

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  Tai Chi Master Rui Li recommends exploring the work of Bruce Lee

• Master Cheng's New Method of T'ai Chi Self-cultivation

  Zheng, Manqing, 1902-1975

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  Tai Chi Master Rui Li recommends exploring the work of Tai Chi Grandmaster Zheng Manqing. Here's a few options to get started!

• Bruce Lee

  His Greatest Hits

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  Tai Chi Master Rui Li recommends exploring the work of Bruce Lee. Here's a few options to get started!

• Remember

  Harjo, Joy,

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  “A beautiful, simple, wonderful children's book. This, in my opinion, can be for all ages — it's just awesome. The illustrations are fantastic. Joy Harjo’s poetry is so beautiful. ... Because we are a culture that experiences colonization, removal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Survived the Night

  NoiseCat, Julian Brave,

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  “This memoir talks about [NoiseCat’s] experience as an Indigenous youth who is growing into his cultural identity, and he weaves together two separate forms of writing. It combines traditional storytelling ... woven into this journalistic style of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Find Her

  Reno, Ginger,

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  “A young [Indigenous] girl loses her mother, and it impacts her so much that she becomes an investigator to find missing pets and animals. ... I like this book because it centers action. This youth, it’s not just about her emotions, it’s about her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Get Creative or DIY Trying, for adults, from Multcolib — a staff-created list from Multnomah County Library | Multnomah County Library | BiblioCommons

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  “I feel and I observe with my kids that when you see a video, you get this immediate gratification that it's right there at the touch of my hands. But when you have a book, the book is patient. The book is not going to change. ... Let's not sit and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Biographies & Autobiographies for grades 3-5: Multcolib Assignments — a staff-created list from Multnomah County Library | Multnomah County Library | BiblioCommons

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  “In this moment in time, I feel it's very important to highlight real life stories of experiences ... We don't know where we come from, or what things happened, unless we knew that there was someone who documented it at that time.” — Huynh Pool