For literature-loving Black women, online book clubs have lessened the social distance (via TheRoot)
by Towanna B. Freeman—but she hoped the issues and subjects they discussed would generate a broader, deeper conversation about women’s lives around the world.
“I was a single mother, and at the time I was also a law student looking for guidance and a space to breathe. I wanted to create a soft place for us to land, a safe virtual space to learn other women’s stories where we go deep and get away from what’s happening around us,” she toldFlowers had grown to more than 500 members when Lett put it on a three-year pause to focus on work, her own healing journey and raising her daughter.
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