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.
July's pick for NYC Books Through Bars
Following June's campaign (collecting over 575 books!) that celebrated Pride Month and LGTBQ perspectives upon the 2 year anniversary of our bundle program, we do a summer bag of popular history, award wining literary fiction, and groundbreaking science journalism. Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad chronicles a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot brings into focus a forgotten Black woman whose cells were mined and exploited by the scientific community without any financial gain for her family. And in the current bestseller A Woman of No Importance, Sonia Purnell shares the remarkable story of a woman spy who was a linchpin of the Resistance during World War II.
Following June's campaign (collecting over 575 books!) that celebrated Pride Month and LGTBQ perspectives upon the 2 year anniversary of our bundle program, we do a summer bag of popular history, award wining literary fiction, and groundbreaking science journalism. Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad chronicles a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot brings into focus a forgotten Black woman whose cells were mined and exploited by the scientific community without any financial gain for her family. And in the current bestseller A Woman of No Importance, Sonia Purnell shares the remarkable story of a woman spy who was a linchpin of the Resistance during World War II.
Underground Railroad/A Woman of No Importance/Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
$52.00
$30.00
Freebird's July 2022 picks include Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad, Rebecca Skloot's Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and Sonia Purnell's A Woman of No Importance.
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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