Adrienne Maree Brown
Nacido: September 06, 1978 – El Paso, Texas, United States
Adrienne Maree Brown is an American writer, activist, and facilitator whose work explores social justice, emergent strategy, pleasure, and speculative futures. She is known for Emergent Strategy and Pleasure Activism, as well as the novella Grievers, and has become an influential voice in movement organizing, abolitionist thought, and transformative change.
Biografía y Trayectoria del Autor
Adrienne Maree Brown emerged from a childhood shaped by movement across borders and by an early confrontation with the realities of race in the United States. In her own account, she was the eldest child of a Black father and white mother from South Carolina, grew up partly in Germany because of her father’s military service, and experienced racism more sharply after returning to the U.S. She later attended Columbia University in New York, where student activism and the 1999 police killing of Amadou Diallo became a defining political turning point. After college, she began her professional life with the Harm Reduction Coalition in Brooklyn, carrying forward questions about punishment, compassion, and human dignity that would remain central to both her organizing and her writing. ((https://longreads.com/2018/04/24/earning-our-place-on-the-planet-an-interview-with-adrienne-maree-brown/))
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Voces de la Comunidad
"Adrienne Maree Brown’s political clarity is braided tightly together with a profound humility"
— Barbara Ransby
"Adrienne Maree Brown is extending a hand into the future"
— J Wortham
"Adrienne Maree Brown demonstrates how we can tap into emotional and erotic desires to organize against oppression"
— Colorlines
"Adrienne Maree Brown invites, challenges, and encourages new ways of thinking and being"
— Shelf Awareness
"Adrienne Maree Brown makes the world more soft, more creative, more loving, and more evolved"
— Tarana Burke
"Adrienne Maree Brown is one of our most important voices in Afrofuturism and true-life worldbuilding"
— Tananarive Due
"Adrienne Maree Brown offers a refreshing and earnest meditation"
— Publishers Weekly
"Adrienne Maree Brown is one of the great thinkers of our time"
— Hala Alyan
"Adrienne Maree Brown is one of our most critical thinkers and strategists"
— Monica Simpson
"Adrienne Maree Brown advocates more compassionate, inclusive understandings of family, community, and oneself"
— Foreword Reviews
Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco
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"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
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"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
