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Call & Response Books

Chicago, IL

Black-Owned Woman-Owned

Call & Response is a Black woman-owned bookstore based on the South Side of Chicago that centers writings and experiences of Black people and other people of color. We will offer literature for readers of all ages and provide regular events and programming for community members.

Call & Response Featured Picks

Promises of Gold by José Olivarez

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

Temple Folk by Aaliyah Bilal

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Heavy by Kiese Laymon

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

Babel by R. F. Kuang

Stories from The Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana

This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley

Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Shoutin' in the Fire by Danté Stewart

Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

I Am Golden by Eva Chen

A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib

Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Tessa Miyata Is No Hero by Julie Abe

The Davenports by Krystal Marquis

Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts

Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe

Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington

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