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/
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
New nonfiction books out today and this week!!! Which ones are you interested in? 2/2
September 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
New nonfiction books out today and this week!!! Which ones are you interested in? 2/2
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
