Black Experience Book Club: The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde by Rima Vesely-Flad
Discuss Rima Vesely-Flad’s exploration of Buddhist dharma through the lives and writing of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde, connecting Black literature, spirituality, and shared reflection.
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