Freebird book drive for NYC Books Through Bars
While NYC Books Through Bars operating out of Freebird's basement is currently limiting in-person volunteering and drop offs due to COVID-19, book requests continue to pour in from prisons around the country: nearly 300 per week. In response to the challenges of accepting those donations during the pandemic, we have started a monthly program in which specific, in-demand titles can be purchased through Freebird at a discount.
August's pick for NYC Books Through BarsFollowing July's campaign (collecting 400 books!) that was a grab bag of popular history, award wining literary fiction, and groundbreaking science journalism, we end the summer with a mind and body bundle. In his Pulitzer prize-winning expose of slavery's enduring legacy after the Emancipation Proclamation, Slavery By Another Name, Douglas Blackmon challenges the reader to think what freedom really means in a society built upon forced labor. And in keeping up with constant requests for books that encourage mental and physical health, we round out the bundle with low tech exercises to build muscle mass and stretch the brain's capacity: Men's Health Best Weight-Free Workout (a book we have selected before that remains amongst the most in demand with incarcerated readers), The Penguin Sudoku Challenge (with games that increase in difficulty, one for every day of the year), and a selection from Dr. Gareth Moore's brain games series, Brain Coach Intense, 10-Minute Brain Games: Brain Teasers, or 10-Minute Brain Games: Words & Language.
Slavery By Another Name/Weight-Free Workout/Sudoku Challenge/Brain games
$48.00
$30.00
Freebird's August 2022 picks include Slavery By Another Name, Men's Health Best Weight-Free Workout, Sudoku Challenge, and a selection from Gareth Moore's brain games series: either Brain Coach Intense, 10-Minute Brain Games: Brain Teasers, or 10-Minute Brain Games: Words & Language.
Please note that when Square processes your order they describe it as a "digital delivery". That does not refer to way the books will be delivered to incarcerated readers. Your purchase will go towards NYC Books Through Bars fulfilling requests with physical copies of the aforementioned titles.
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PLEASE NOTE that the books purchased through Freebird are ones that will be delivered directly to Books Through Bars so that they can fulfill requests from incarcerated readers.
Looking for a book for yourself? Check out our page at Bookshop.org, including lists of recommended reads from Piper Kerman, Victoria Law, Albert Woodfox, Victor LaValle, Mat Johnson, and others! Want to give a gift card? Freebird has e-gift cards available here for your birthday and holiday needs (and to redeem for future book drives)! To get updates on future selections, subscribe to Freebird's newsletter |
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