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The Big Kids Book Club brings together ourperspectives and experiences as Black women andgender nonconforming people engaged in youthwork, advocacy, and research; Black feminist culturalproduction; and Black queer parenting. In this articlewe center Black queer (and) feminist approaches withinterest in how Black queer children’s narratives take usbeyond representation and into realms of resignifyingand worldmaking. Our roundtable discussions explorewhat it means to encounter children’s books written withBlack queer life in mind and demonstrate a relationalreading practice that reads and gathers in Black queerspaces while expanding possibilities for Black life.
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