Locke Gallery LIT
Locke Gallery LIT, our exhibition-based book salon offers literary suggestions to enhance your experience of our exhibitions.
Readings related to the Spring 2025 exhibit, Free as they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory
Wendel A. White: Manifest | Thirteen Colonies
Published by Peabody Museum Press, distributed by Radius Books Works from Manifest: Thirteen Colonies are featured in “Free as they want to be”. This book explores the entire photo series.
Free as they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory
Official catalog for the travelling collection, edited with text by Cheryl Finley and Deborah Willis Published and distributed by Damiani Books
The Black Civil War Soldier, A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship
By Deborah Willis Published and distributed by NYU Press Deborah Willis is one of the curators of “Free as they want to be” with video and archival prints from her series Meditations on Joan Baez’s Civil War featuring in the exhibition. This book explores...
ReSignifications: European Blackamoors, Africana Readings
By Awam Amkpa (ed.) Published and distributed by Postcart Featuring contributions from Deborah Willis and Henry Louis Gates Jr. as well as work by Omar Victor Diop and Carrie Mae Weems, the accompanying catalog for ReSignifications (another travelling...
Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers in Demand of Racial Equity and Social Transformation
Read the open letter here. Published June 12, 2020
Black Lives Matter At School Coloring Book
A printable resource for educators hoping to make anti-racism accessible in schools. Downloadable PDF Link
All Monuments Must Fall: A Syllabus
"This is a crowd-sourced assemblage of materials relating to Confederate and other racist monuments to white supremacy; the history and theory of these monuments and monuments in general; and monument struggles worldwide." Link to syllabus on website Link...
My ‘Aha’ Moment: Recognizing Racism in Art and Art Education
Podcast: My ‘Aha’ Moment: Recognizing Racism in Art and Art Education Featuring Joni Boyd Acuff & Amelia Kraehe Posted June 06, 2020
Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art
Book, full text: Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art Contributors include Valerie Cassel Oliver, Yona Backer, Naomi Beckwith, etc Published September 14, 2016
What Does It Mean to Decolonize Design? Dismantling design history 101
Essay: What Does It Mean to Decolonize Design? Dismantling design history 101 Words by Anoushka Khandwala Published on June 5th, 2019
Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon
Book, link to purchase: Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon By Cheryl Finley Published July 24, 2018
Anti-Racist Education Through the Visual Arts: Lesson Plans for Early Childhood Educators
Curriculum: Anti-Racist Education Through the Visual Arts: Lesson Plans for Early Childhood Educators By Janet Elder Published May 18, 2018
Embodied Avatars: Genealogies of Black Feminist Art and Performance
Book, link to purchase: Embodied Avatars: Genealogies of Black Feminist Art and Performance by Uri McMillan Published November 2015
Toward a Monumental Black Body
Essay: Toward a Monumental Black Body Text by TK Smith Source: Spring 2020
Troubling Vision: Performance, Visuality, and Blackness
Book, link to purchase: Troubling Vision: Performance, Visuality, and Blackness by Nicole R. Fleetwood Published in 2010
Vision & Justice Civic Curriculum by APERTURE Magazine
Curriculum: Vision & Justice Civic Curriculum by APERTURE Magazine Edited by Professor Sarah Lewis Published April 25, 2019
Decolonizing Art History
Essay: Decolonizing Art History by Catherine Grant Dorothy Price Issue Online: 22 January 2020
In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition
Book, link to purchase: In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition By Fred Moten Published in 2003
Internationally acclaimed dramatist, social critic, and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka is an avid collector of African artworks including those from his home country, Nigeria. His writings help to inform his collection and works by contemporary artists.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Edition: 2012 Algonquin Books ISBN 978-61620-241-5
Chike and the River
Chike and the River By Chinua Achebe Edition: 2011 Anchor Books ISBN 978-0-307-47386-8
You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir
You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir By Wole Soyinka Edition: 2007 Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN 978-0-375-75514-9
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Edition: 2006 Anchor Books ISBN 978-1-4000-9520-9
Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka By Biodun Jeyifo Edition: 2005 Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-0-521-11073-0
Myth and the African World
Myth and the African World By Wole Soyinka Edition: 2005 Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-39834-7
The Wrestling Match
The Wrestling Match By Buchi Emecheta Edition: 2005 George Braziller Publishing ISBN 0-8067-1061-5
Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman A play by Wole Soyinka Edition reprinted in 2002 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN 978-0-393-32299-6
Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman A play by Wole Soyinka Edition reprinted in 2002 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN 978-0-393-32299-6 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393322998/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_PkAECbBM9CV…
At Her Majesty's Request
At Her Majesty's Request By Walter Dean Meyers Edition: 1999 Scholastic Books ISBN 0-590-48670-5
Art, Dialogue, and Outrage
Art, Dialogue, and OutrageBy Wole Soyinka Edition: 1994 Pantheon Books ISBN 0-679-40065-6
Isara: A Voyage around "Essay"
Isara: A Voyage around "Essay" By Wole Soyinka Edition: 1989 (First edition) Random House New York ISBN 0-394-54077-8
In honor of #ADayWithoutAWoman on March 8th, we offered a list of reading on intersectionality and feminism.
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World By Nawal El Saadawi Zed Books; New Edition edition (February 15, 2016) ISBN-10: 1783607475 ISBN-13: 978-1783607471
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color By Cherrie Moraga & Gloria Anzaldua State University of New York Press; 4 edition (March 1, 2015) ISBN-10: 1438454384 ISBN-13: 978-1438454382
Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism By Bell Hooks Routledge; 2 edition (October 16, 2014) ISBN-10: 1138821519 ISBN-13: 978-1138821514
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics By Bell Hooks
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics By Bell Hooks Routledge; 2 edition (September 28, 2014) ISBN-10: 1138821624 ISBN-13: 978-1138821620
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America By Melissa Harris-Perry Yale University Press; Reprint edition (April 23, 2013) ISBN-10: 0300188188 ISBN-13: 978-0300188189
On Intersectionality: Essential Writings
On Intersectionality: Essential Writings By Kimberlé Crenshaw The New Press (December 24, 2019) ISBN-10: 1620972700 ISBN-13: 978-1620972700
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment By Patricia Hill Collins Routledge; 1 edition (September 13, 2008) ISBN-10: 0415964725 ISBN-13: 978-0415964722
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches By Audre Lorde Crossing Press; Reprint edition (August 1, 2007) ISBN-10: 1580911862 ISBN-13: 978-1580911863
Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism
Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism By Patricia Hill Collins Routledge; 1 edition (January 27, 2004) ISBN-10: 2702890865 ISBN-13: 978-0415930994
Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism
Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism By Daisy Hernandez Live Girls Edition Seal Press ISBN 978-1580050678
Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire
Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire By Sonia Shah South End Press; First Printing edition (July 1, 1999) ISBN-10: 0896085759 ISBN-13: 978-0896085756
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty By Dorothy Roberts Vintage; 64864th edition (December 29, 1998) ISBN-10: 0679758690 ISBN-13: 978-0679758693
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, And Billie Holiday
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, And Billie Holiday By Angela Davis 1st Edition Pantheon Books ISBN 978-0679450054
Chicana Feminist Thought: The Basic Historical Writings
Chicana Feminist Thought: The Basic Historical Writings By Alma M. Garcia Routledge; 1 edition (September 6, 1997) ISBN-10: 0415918014 ISBN-13: 978-0415918015
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement By Kimberlé Crenshaw The New Press (May 1, 1996) ISBN-10: 1565842715 ISBN-13: 978-1565842717
When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex
When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex By Paula Giddings W. Morrow (1984) ISBN-10: 0688146503 ISBN-13: 978-0688146504
With the exhibition Harlem: Found Ways, the Cooper Gallery presents artistic visions and engagements specific to Harlem, New York City, in the last decades. Each artwork employs a distinct set of inquiries and innovative strategies to explore the Harlem community’s visual heritage as it grapples with the challenges of gentrification.
Harlem: Found Ways
Published 2019 The art and artists of Harlem: Found Ways represent the place and its people, burnishing Harlem’s luster but never attempting to smooth its rough edges. The works in the exhibition span a variety of media to explore the invention of Harlem...
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America By Richard Rothstein Liveright; 1 edition (May 2, 2017) ISBN-10: 1631492853 ISBN-13: 978-1631492853
The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle Over Harlem By Brian D. Goldstein
The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle Over Harlem By Brian D. Goldstein Harvard University Press (February 1, 2017) ISBN-10: 0674971507 ISBN-13: 978-0674971509
The Harlem Charade
The Harlem Charade By Natasha Tarpley Scholastic Press (January 31, 2017) ISBN-10: 0545783879 ISBN-13: 978-0545783873
Glenn Ligon: Come Out.
Glenn Ligon: Come Out. By Glenn Ligon and Megan Ratner Ridinghouse (February 1, 2015) ISBN-10: 1905464991 ISBN-13: 978-1905464999
Harlem is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America
Harlem is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America By Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (January 22, 2013) ISBN-10: 0316017248 ISBN-13: 978-0316017244
Dawoud Bey - Harlem, U.S.A
Dawoud Bey - Harlem, U.S.A By Dawoud Bey, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, and Matthew S. Witkovsky Art Institute of Chicago; First Edition edition (June 26, 2012) ISBN-10: 0300181264 ISBN-13: 978-0300181265
Harlem Crossroads: Black Writers and the Photograph in the Twentieth Century
Harlem Crossroads: Black Writers and the Photograph in the Twentieth Century By Sara Blair Princeton University Press; 1st edition (September 16, 2007) ISBN-10: 0691130876 ISBN-13: 978-0691130873
Harlem: Lost and Found
Harlem: Lost and Found By Michael Henry Adams The Monacelli Press; 1st Edition edition (December 3, 2001) ISBN-10: 1580930700 ISBN-13: 978-1580930703
