About the authors:
\nBloom How You Must is a self-empowering wellness guide that celebrates the roots of self-care and community care as a sustaining force for generations of Blac k women. \;
\nSelf-care isn&rsquo\;t a trend among Black women\; it has always been a throughline in our heritage. Consider Coretta Scott King\, who along with fellow activists Betty Shabazz and Myrlie Evers-Will iams\, would enjoy &ldquo\;girls&rsquo\; trips&rdquo\; to take a break fro m the stress of the Civil Rights Movement. Remember their contemporary Ros a Parks attended (and led) yoga classes while on the front lines for Black rights in Detroit.
\nThink of the enduring friendship between Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King\, a sisterhood in which they have leaned on each o ther for nearly forty years while thriving in the glaring media and entert ainment spotlight.
\nPicture Toni Morrison&rsquo\;s overflowing gard ens and lush houseplants she tended while writing classics like \; Beloved \;and \;The Bluest Eye.
\nRecall Audre Lord&rsquo\;s enduring declaration written after her second cancer diagno sis: &ldquo\;Caring for myself is not self-indulgence\, it is self-preserv ation\, and that is an act of political warfare.&rdquo\;
\n< strong>Tara Pringle Jefferson excavates the roots of self-care an d community care as a sustaining force for generations of Black women and transforms her findings into a blueprint women can follow in their daily l ives. A blend of guidebook and journal\, \;Bloom How You M ust \;explores several distinct pillars of wellness\, fe aturing:
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With its diversity of insi
ghts\, practical skills and multigenerational focus\, \;Bl
oom How You Must \;is a love letter to the millions of B
lack women who want a less stressful life but don&rsquo\;t know where to b
egin. \;Bloom How You Must \;gives them
the tools they need to improve their health and their daily lives.
Tara Pringle Jefferson will be in conversation with Kortney Mo
rrow\, poet\, writer\, and Program Director of the Anisfield-Wolf
Book Awards&mdash\;the nation's only juried prize dedicated to honoring w
riters that are writing about race. \; Her work has received support f
rom 68to05\, The Academy of American Poets\, The Studio Museum in Harlem\,
Prairie Schooner\, Tin House\, and Transition Magaz
ine. Her debut poetry collection\, Run It Back\, was the winner of the 2024 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize\, judged by
Carmen Gimé\;nez. \;
Books will be av
ailable for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.