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Wooden Shoe Books

Philadelphia, PA

LGBTQIA+ Owned

The Wooden Shoe is an all-volunteer collectively-run Infoshop located in Philadelphia, PA that seeks to embody the principles of anarchism and other movements for social justice. We strive to provide our local community with radical and non-traditional sources of written, digital, and spoken information. We wish to be an empowering resource for activism, organizing, art, self-education, dialogue, community-building, and the anti-capitalist struggle.

Wooden Shoe Books Recommendations

Recommendations from staffers at Wooden Shoe Books, an all-volunteer anarchist bookstore in South Philadelphia

Goddess of Anarchy by Jacqueline Jones
Goddess of Anarchy
Jacqueline Jones
Spain in Our Hearts by Adam Hochschild
Spain in Our Hearts
Adam Hochschild
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde
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A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Angela Y. Davis
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado
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There There by Tommy Orange
There There
Tommy Orange
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The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg
The Third Rainbow Girl
Emma Copley Eisenberg
Unapologetic by Charlene Carruthers
Unapologetic
Charlene Carruthers
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Beyond the Gender Binary
Alok Vaid-Menon
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Felix Ever After
Kacen Callender
1984 And The Spanish Civil War by Paul Read
1984 And The Spanish Civil War
Paul Read
The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
The Mother of All Questions
Rebecca Solnit
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The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor
An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
An African American and Latinx History of the United States
Paul Ortiz
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
A Queer History of the United States
Michael Bronski
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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler
1491 by Charles C. Mann
1491
Charles C. Mann
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. Butler
Transgender History, second edition by Susan Stryker
Transgender History, second edition
Susan Stryker
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