Beyond Words Book Club

As One Book One Bronx continues to grow, we recognize that in order to sustain communities of readers we must support others and help them grow. In September 2019, we partnered with the Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education to help them establish a book club that would serve its Hunts Point constituents in the Bronx, NY.

In October 2020, we provided support (read: cheerleading and encouragement) to the new Beyond Words Book Club. Though they started small, we’ve witnessed them grow and provide additional virtual space for readers to come together and discuss a wide variety of books and subjects. This March, they will start reading Tayari Jones’s Oprah selection An American Marriage. Previous books have included Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara; Desperate Women by Roxanne Gay; Sugar by Bernice McFadden; and God Help the Child by Toni Morrison.

For One Book One Bronx and the Literary Freedom Project, it’s important that we help develop accessible spaces that broaden access to books and culture. If you’re interested in building with us drop an email to info@literaryfreedom.org.