From the Front Porch

274 || Reading as a Place to Start


Listen Later

It’s hard to know what to say, so this week’s episode is unusually short, focused instead on sending you toward resources we hope might be helpful as we grieve and learn together.

You can find several titles geared toward racial justice on our store website, including: How to Be an Antiracist, Just Mercy, and I’m Still Here. Ten percent of the proceeds from the sales of these titles and more are being donated to the Equal Justice Initiative.

Traci from The Stacks Podcast and Jaime from Absorbed in Pages posted excellent lists of fiction and nonfiction titles addressing anti-black racism and anti-racism. 

  • Fiction

  • Nonfiction

  • You can listen to The Stacks podcast here, and if you want to support Jamie and Traci directly, consider purchasing through Bookshop:

    • Jamie’s Bookshop page

  • Traci’s Bookshop page

  • Other resources:

    • Black Coffee with White Friends

  • Mockingbird History Lessons

  • Black Coffee with White Friends book list

  • More than ever, it’s important to support black-owned small businesses; below are links to a few bookstores owned by people of color, and a more comprehensive list can be found here.

    • Brave + Kind in Georgia

  • The Listening Tree in Georgia

  • The Lit Bar in the Bronx

  • Loyalty Bookstore in D.C.

  • Books and Crannies in Virginia

  • Semicolon in Chicago

  • Harriett’s Bookshop in Philadelphia

  • ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    From the Front PorchBy The Bookshelf Thomasville

    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7

    4.7

    1,184 ratings


    More shows like From the Front Porch

    View all
    Book Riot - The Podcast by Book Riot

    Book Riot - The Podcast

    969 Listeners

    The Popcast With Knox and Jamie by Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden

    The Popcast With Knox and Jamie

    7,021 Listeners

    All the Books! by Book Riot

    All the Books!

    1,208 Listeners

    Well-Read by Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman

    Well-Read

    226 Listeners

    What Should I Read Next? by Anne Bogel

    What Should I Read Next?

    5,144 Listeners

    Reading Glasses by Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara

    Reading Glasses

    1,899 Listeners

    Bad On Paper by Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter

    Bad On Paper

    4,093 Listeners

    Totally Booked with Zibby by Zibby Owens

    Totally Booked with Zibby

    619 Listeners

    Currently Reading by Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb

    Currently Reading

    1,716 Listeners

    Sarah's Bookshelves Live by Sarah Dickinson | Sarah's Bookshelves

    Sarah's Bookshelves Live

    771 Listeners

    Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books by Melissa & Dave

    Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

    551 Listeners

    Literally Reading by Literally Reading

    Literally Reading

    286 Listeners

    Friends & Fiction by Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav

    Friends & Fiction

    208 Listeners

    Book Talk, etc. by Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

    Book Talk, etc.

    623 Listeners

    Books, Beach, & Beyond by Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine

    Books, Beach, & Beyond

    798 Listeners