It’s time to diversify your reading
list.
This richly illustrated and vastly
inclusive collection uplifts the works of authors who are often
underrepresented in the literary world. Using their keen knowledge and deep
love for all things literary, coauthors Jamise Harper and Jane Mount
collaborated to create an essential volume filled with treasures for every
reader:
اضافة اعلان
The book includes dozens of themed
illustrated book stacks of classics, contemporary fiction, mysteries,
cookbooks, and more. All with an emphasis on authors of color and authors from
diverse cultural backgrounds
Beyond the content, the book is also
easy to gift. It is a portable guide packed with more than 150 colorful
illustrations and is a perfect gift for any booklover. The textured paper cover,
gold foil, and ribbon marker is an added aesthetic bonus to the purchase.
The authors dive deep into a wide
variety of genres, and offer endless themed book stacks and reading suggestions
from luminaries of the literary world. Your to-read list will thank you.
Perfect for
Bookish
people; literary lovers; book club members; Mother’s Day shoppers; stocking
stuffers; followers of #DiverseSpines; Jane Mount and Ideal Bookshelf fans;
Reese’s Book Club and Oprah’s Book Club followers; people who use Goodreads.com;
readers wanting to expand/decolonize their book collections; people interested
in uplifting BIPOC voices; antiracist activists and educators; grads and
students; librarians and library patrons wanting to expand/decolonize their
book collections.
Review
“If you love reading, reveling in
ideas, any and everything about books … if you love hanging out with people who
love to read too, this book is for you. Jamise Harper and Jane Mount have given
us a gift. Grab a nice glass of wine and enjoy every page. And my writing space
is in this book!” — Eddie S. Glaude Jr, author of the New York Times bestseller
Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
“Perfect for guiding book clubs or
anyone looking to read more inclusively.” — The Library Journal
“Jamise Harper and Jane Mount have
curated an important resource for educators, librarians, and book lovers
everywhere. With Bibliophile: Diverse Spines, readers can find books that
center both unfamiliar experiences and their own reflection on the page.” —
Melissa Rivero, author of The Affairs of the Falcóns
“Bibliophile: Diverse Spines is a glorious, expansive celebration of literature. This rich
collection of BIPOC books and bookstores and authors and booksellers and
bookstagrammers highlights the vibrant work that is happening across genre,
across publishing, and across the world. This is an essential reference guide
for anyone who wants to know what the future of books looks like.” — Emma
Straub, author of the New York Times bestseller All Adults Here and owner of
Books Are Magic
About the authors
Jamise Harper is the creator of the
#diversespines hashtag and the Diverse Spines book community on social media,
which highlights literature by Black women and women of color. She also created
the Spines & Vines, a blog dedicated to book and wine pairings. She lives
in the Washington, DC, metro area.
Jane Mount is an illustrator, designer,
writer, and thing maker particularly for people who love books. She is the
founder of Ideal Bookshelf and the author and illustrator of
Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany (Chronicle Books, 2018).
She is also the illustrator and
co-author (with Jamise Harper) of Bibliophile: Diverse Spines (Chronicle Books,
2021) and My Ideal Bookshelf (Little, Brown, 2012). She lives in a log cabin on
Maui with her husband, three weird cats, and a speckled dog.
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