Philadelphia Printworks

We’re honored to welcome artist, writer, and educator Misty Sol as our October Resident. Misty’s work braids together Black feminist traditions, folklore, and radical imagination

👉🏽 Join the forum and read with us at the link in bio.

Join us in September as bookseller and author Katie Mitchell brings her storytelling and deep love of Black literary spaces to the PPW Reading Group. 📚

Throughout the month, Katie will be sharing reflections, reading recs, and insights from her work in the forum. As always, the Reading Group is self-led and open to anyone interested in justice, storytelling, and community. Sign up here → airtable.com/appfJZJ5qcy2Irdh4/pagmAuLWpzey9F9eJ/form

Introducing Radical Roots 🌱

We’re excited to introduce Radical Roots—a new series celebrating the books and printed matter that have shaped movements, imaginations, and practices rooted in justice.

Each installment is curated by an artist, organizer, or cultural worker whose commitment to liberation runs deep. Through collections of used books and other social justice artifacts, they offer a personal glimpse into the texts that have nourished their politics, creativity, and sense of possibility.

This first installment is curated by Cree Myles—writer, organizer, and creator of , a platform dedicated to uplifting Black literature and readers. Based in Milwaukee, Cree brings a deep love of language, legacy, and liberation to everything she touches.

While we’re featuring a selection of four titles here, the complete collection of eleven books is available on our website. You can explore them all through the “Radical Roots” link in our bio. Each book is paired with a personal reflection from Cree, sharing how she first encountered the book and why it continues to resonate. These reflections aren’t summaries or explanations, but invitations: to connect across readers, histories, and generations of struggle and dreaming.

Every book is used, carrying its own story before it reaches your hands.

May this series nourish your own radical roots—and remind you that reading, like resistance, is a shared and living practice. 🌿

New Arrivals: Josh MacPhee’s work reminds us that art is not neutral. It resists. It builds. It shows us what liberation could look like. New designs now live on the site: https://philadelphiaprintworks.com/collections/art-by-josh-macphee

Feminist Bird Club x Philadelphia Printworks 🦉

“In solidarity and love, we must dream a new world into existence.”

We’re honored to partner with the to launch the Birders for Palestine design—now available as a t-shirt on our site.

Founded in 2016, The Feminist Bird Club has grown into a global network fostering inclusivity, community, and activism through a shared love of birds.

100% of net proceeds from this design will be donated to the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature , supporting environmental and agricultural resilience in Palestine.

Design by by Krista Cockrum— .

Slide 3— Photo by .

Thinking of Zora today on her birthday. 🖤

Annual Fall Sale— Now through the end of the month, save 25% off! Discount automatically applied at checkout. Sale ends Sunday, December 1st, at 11:59 PM ET. 🍂

"To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality." — Happy Birthday, bell hooks 🌹

In collaboration with Moore Vintage Archive and the John J. Wilcox, Jr Archives at William Way LGBT Community Center, we're excited to offer a limited reissue of "The Seeds This Soil Holds"— a tribute to the rich history of Black Q***r culture in Philadelphia.