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Celebrate Black History Month with WURD Radio by focusing on phenomenal Black Philly writers as we create our essential reading list to survive 2025. Please see the essential reading list from several Philadelphia Black writers below:
Lorene Cary’s Recommendations
Jeannine A. Cook’s Recommendations
Collected Poems – Sonia Sanchez (plus her 19 other books)
My General Tubman the Stage Play – Lorene Cary
Ladysitting – Lorene Cary
big/small poems for pockets – Ursula Rucker
Yellow Wife & House of Eve – Sadeqa Johnson
It’s Me They Follow (Sept. 2025) – Jeannine A. Cook
Shut Up & Write (March 2026) – Jeannine A. Cook
Nancy Gilliam’s Recommendations
Tre Johnson’s Recommendations
Sara Lomax’s Recommendations
Ursula Rucker’s Recommendations
Additional Book Recommendations
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