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Noname’s Book Club, Radical Hood Library to Continue Thanks to Fans’ Donations

Noname Book Club and Radical Hood Library evade closure after fans gave an outpouring of donations.

Singer launched her Radical Hood Library in Oct. 2021, where she hosts film screenings and packages books to send to incarcerated people The library, based in Los Angeles, hosts national chapter meetings, open mic nights, documentary screenings, and packages books to send out to prisons and jails. In her Sunday post, she wrote that “shame” and “fear of judgment” initially dissuaded her from asking for funds, emphasizing that it costs thousands to send books to incarcerated readers each month.

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