3/23/2023 0 Comments Free library books“If you’re not invited into these or you don’t feel invited into these spaces-which Black folks are often not-you can feel like this stuff doesn’t belong to you, like you’re not allowed to put your hands on it, and it’s behind closed doors,” Duffy adds. Once books have been returned to the community library, they will form part of Saint Heron’s “permanent collection,” notes Hyperallergic.Ī post shared by SAINT HERON an interview on the Saint Heron website, Duffy tells studio editorial director Shantel Pass that she feels frustrated when out-of-print or historical texts by Black authors are prohibitively expensive or held in inaccessible archives. A second season is forthcoming, so those who didn’t manage to rent a book this time around will have more opportunities to do so in the future. Per Variety, the initial launch, or “season one,” of the community library runs through the end of November. “We hope that by encountering these works, our community is inspired to further explore and study the breadth of artistic expression and the impact of Blackness in creative innovation throughout history,” the studio writes on its website. Authors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, for instance, inscribed their copy of anthology My One Good Nerve: Rhythms, Rhymes, Reasons to poet Maya Angelou, reports Jem Aswad for Variety. References to Black luminaries appear throughout the collection. ![]() (As of Tuesday, all of the library’s books had already been reserved, leading at least one Instagram commentator to inquire about a waiting list.) Books will be sent to readers’ homes with the cost of shipping and return included in postage, ensuring the service remains free, reports Valentina Di Liscia for Hyperallergic.Īvailable tomes include a signed first edition of In Our Terribleness (1970), an experimental collection of photography and poems by avant-garde artist Amiri Baraka a signed copy of Julianna Free’s La Tete (1996), which contains “editations on Blackness and femininity through prose and photography,” per Saint Heron a copy of poet Langston Hughes’ 1942 Shakespeare in Harlem Gwendolyn Brooks’ poetry series Children Coming Home (1991) several collections of poems by feminist critic Audre Lorde science fiction author Octavia Butler’s 1984 novel Clay’s Ark and art books about Fred Wilson, Martin Puryear and Adrian Piper, among others. Users are limited to checking out one title each, according to instructions on Saint Heron’s Instagram page. Through the online portal, anyone in the United States can borrow a selection of 50 art anthologies, poem collections, zines, novels, history books and other titles curated by Rosa Duffy, founder of Atlanta bookstore For Keeps Books.Ī selection of titles available to borrow via Courtesy of Saint HeronĮach loan lasts 45 days. The Saint Heron Community Library debuted Monday, reports the Black Information Network (BIN). But its latest project might be its most ambitious: Beginning this month, the studio’s website will act as a free library stocked with rare and out-of-print books by Black historians, writers, poets and artists. ![]() ![]() Since its founding in 2013, Saint Heron, the creative studio run by musical and visual artist Solange, has produced otherworldly performance art, podcasts and video installations.
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