This week's reading list: A 'binder' of books for black women

POSTSCRIPT'D - We decided to offer a book full of women: Black Woman Redefined, to save him the trouble of searching next time. Sophia A. Nelson’s celebration of women leads our list this week...

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he needed to consult a “binder of women” to find some to work on his staff, back when he was Massachusetts governor. We decided to offer a book full of women: Black Woman Redefined, to save him the trouble of searching next time. Sophia A. Nelson’s celebration of women leads our list this week. Also on the list is a book that proves that heaven exists, written by a scientist. And in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we pay tribute to Bebe Moore Campbell, who succumbed to the disease in 2006.

Click here to read this week’s “List.”

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