Hues & Expressions ~ Reading Challenge

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4 participants (28 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

By the end of 2025, read 20 art-focused non-fiction books written by artists & artisans from underrepresented ethnic, cultural, linguistically-diverse communities.

Challenge Books

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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Ai Weiwei

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows

Ai Weiwei

400 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction memoir challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei

Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir

Ai Weiwei

176 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction art graphic novel memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Politics of Design: A (Not So) Global Design Manual for Visual Communication by Ruben Pater

The Politics of Design: A (Not So) Global Design Manual for Visual Communication

Ruben Pater

192 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction art design politics informative reflective medium-paced
Great Women Painters by Alison M. Gingeras, Phaidon Press

Great Women Painters

Alison M. Gingeras, Phaidon Press

352 pages • hardcover

nonfiction art informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks

Killing Rage: Ending Racism

bell hooks

288 pages • paperback • 1995

nonfiction feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

16 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: Latinext by

The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: Latinext

Breakbeat Poets #4

344 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry politics race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama by Yayoi Kusama

Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

240 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction art memoir informative reflective slow-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

267 pages • hardcover • 1999

nonfiction essays feminism gender psychology religion informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Black Futures by Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham

Black Futures

Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham

544 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction art essays poetry race challenging informative reflective medium-paced