Raymond Williams
@rtwilliams16.bsky.social
Blogger at Ballasts for the Mind, Book Club Admin for Black Men Read and creator of The Zora and Baldwin Challenges. Opinions are my own.
I’m hoping to read more biographies in 2026. Any recommendations? #booksky
So far I have read four this year:
-Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle by R.J.M. Blackett
-Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters edited by Carla Kaplan 1/
So far I have read four this year:
-Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle by R.J.M. Blackett
-Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters edited by Carla Kaplan 1/
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I’m hoping to read more biographies in 2026. Any recommendations? #booksky
So far I have read four this year:
-Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle by R.J.M. Blackett
-Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters edited by Carla Kaplan 1/
So far I have read four this year:
-Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle by R.J.M. Blackett
-Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters edited by Carla Kaplan 1/
Reposted by Raymond Williams
Last week I read three #nonfiction books. I am so proud of me!
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(I find the character limit frustrating)
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(I find the character limit frustrating)
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Last week I read three #nonfiction books. I am so proud of me!
cc @rtwilliams16.bsky.social
(I find the character limit frustrating)
cc @rtwilliams16.bsky.social
(I find the character limit frustrating)
October 2025 Book Club Pick: Black Men Read Book Club will be reading Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com #booksky #bookclub #blackmenread
October 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
October 2025 Book Club Pick: Black Men Read Book Club will be reading Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com #booksky #bookclub #blackmenread
New nonfiction books out today and this week!!! Which ones are you interested in? #booksky #nonfictionbooks
September 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
New nonfiction books out today and this week!!! Which ones are you interested in? #booksky #nonfictionbooks
New nonfiction books out today and this week!!! Which ones are you interested in? #booksky #nonfiction #newbooks
September 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
New nonfiction books out today and this week!!! Which ones are you interested in? #booksky #nonfiction #newbooks
A Foremost Scholar of Slavery Wonders if America Can Ever Atone #booksky www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
A Foremost Scholar of Slavery Wonders if America Can Ever Atone
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September 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
A Foremost Scholar of Slavery Wonders if America Can Ever Atone #booksky www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
August 2025 Book Club Pick: Black Men Read Book Club will be reading That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor edited by Damon Young #booksky
August 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
August 2025 Book Club Pick: Black Men Read Book Club will be reading That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor edited by Damon Young #booksky
Great article, “He Read (at Least) 3,599 Books in His Lifetime. Now Anyone Can See His List.” by Aishvarya Kavi #booksky
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/b...
He Read (at Least) 3,599 Books in His Lifetime. Now Anyone Can See His List.
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Great article, “He Read (at Least) 3,599 Books in His Lifetime. Now Anyone Can See His List.” by Aishvarya Kavi #booksky
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/b...
