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What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape by Sohaila Abdulali A book of short, conversational essays about rape, rape culture, and the...
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Mar 6, 20192 min read
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Black Against Empire
Black Against Empire by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Jr This hefty, meticulous book documents the rise and fall of the Black Panther...
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Feb 21, 20192 min read
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Revolutionary Suicide
“Something remarkable was taking place during every prayer service. When people in the congregation prayed for each other, a feeling of...
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Jan 25, 20191 min read
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The House of Islam
The House of Islam by Ed Husain This thorough, clearly-written, and engrossing book is not only, as its subtitle promises, a global...
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Jan 22, 20191 min read
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We Are Syrians
We Are Syrians edited by Adam Braver and Abby DeVeuve This short book edited by Adam Braver and Abby DeVeuve collects interviews with...
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Jan 11, 20192 min read
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Russian Roulette
Russian Roulette by Michael Isikoff and David Corn Under-reported throughout the entire development of its story, the Russian involvement...
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Jan 6, 20191 min read
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Queer: A Graphic History
Queer: A Graphic History This is a slim, readable work on queer theory’s history and some of its recurring concerns/interests which...
aolundsmith
Dec 20, 20181 min read
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The Real Lolita
"Here, in newspaper accounts of Sally Horner's plight, was a possible solution to a long-standing problem with the manuscript...how to...
aolundsmith
Nov 20, 20182 min read
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Heavy
“I still wrote every night and revised every morning, but practicing crafting formidable sentences just made me a formidable sentence...
aolundsmith
Nov 17, 20182 min read
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You Have the Right to Remain Fat
“My life wouldn’t be easier if I were thin. My life would be easier if this culture wasn’t obsessed with oppressing me because I’m fat....
aolundsmith
Nov 10, 20181 min read
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Winners Take All
Winners Take All by Anand Ghiridaradas “Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody...
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Nov 3, 20183 min read
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Why Indigenous Literatures Matter
“This, to me, is the heart of decolonization. Love isn’t saccharine sentiment. It’s not easy answers, or getting along all the time. It’s...
aolundsmith
Aug 7, 20182 min read
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Locking Up Our Own
"When we ask ourselves how America became the world's greatest jailer, it is natural to focus on bright, shiny objects: national...
aolundsmith
Jul 13, 20183 min read
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The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
"Then the city ripped up the asphalt on the sidewalks throughout central Moscow and replaced it with pavement tiles. The first freeze...
aolundsmith
Jun 27, 20182 min read
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The Warmth of Other Suns
“He was getting away from all that now. He looked out at the lights and the billboards. The driver announced that they were passing out...
aolundsmith
May 10, 20182 min read
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Bunk
“Agassiz becomes the ultimate ‘lost race’ explorer, seeking to find an originating lost white tribe and a separate black ancestor that...
aolundsmith
May 1, 20181 min read
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We Were Eight Years in Power
Essential points: These powerfully-written essays from the years of the Obama presidency cover everything from Bill Cosby, Michelle...
aolundsmith
Apr 1, 20184 min read
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The Fire This Time
“‘You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read,’ James Baldwin wrote. Or you...
aolundsmith
Feb 6, 20181 min read
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Economix
An example bar from Economix, from illustrator Dan E. Burr's website Essential points: Economix, written by Michael Goodwin and...
aolundsmith
Feb 4, 20181 min read
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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
"I want to say that remembering starts not with predictable punditry, or bullshit blogs, or slick art that really asks nothing of us; I...
aolundsmith
Jan 26, 20182 min read
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