Book: Born a Crime: stories from a South African childhood by Trevor Noah Genre: Memoir Publisher: Spiegel & Grau Publication date: 2016 Pages: 304 Source: Hardcover from library Summary: Trevor Noah was “born a crime” to a black mother and … Continue reading →
Book: Hunger by Roxane Gay Genre: Memoir Publisher: Harper Collins Publication date: 2016 Pages: 320 Source: e-boook from Library Summary: In Hunger, Roxane Gay shares a series of events and reflections from her life, from a traumatic childhood event, through … Continue reading →
Book: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Genre: Autobiography Publisher: Random House Publication date: 2009 (trade paperback), 1969 (original publication date) Pages: 289 Source: Library Summary: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the story … Continue reading →
Book: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann Genre: nonfiction Publisher: Doubleday Publication date: 2017 Pages: 338 Source: Purchased hardback Summary: Journalist David Grann researched the little-known history of members of … Continue reading →
Book: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult Genre: Novel Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication date: 2016 Pages: 470 Source: Library Summary: Ruth Jefferson, a labor and delivery nurse with twenty years experience, is reassigned from a patient due to her race. … Continue reading →
Our book club, the Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group, specializes in books about race in America. Here are the 84 books that we’ve read so far. We had our annual potluck and book selection meeting on Thursday. I’ll … Continue reading →
I’ve pre-scheduled this post for the exact moment that I’ll start a presentation on the topic of books to understand race and racism in the United States. Lots of people who can’t attend asked for the handout, so I thought I … Continue reading →
The Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group meets this week for our annual potluck and book selection meeting. We’ve been reading together for nine years and have read 84 books! We’ve been at this long enough that we sometimes forget … Continue reading →
My inter-racial book club, the Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group, specializes in books on race in America. We’ve been together for nine years and continue to welcome new members. I’ll write a post in a week or two … Continue reading →
Book: March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell Genre: Graphic “novel” autobiography Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Publication date: 2016 Pages: 246 Source: Library Summary: The third volume of John Lewis’s autobiography, March, begins with tragedy on … Continue reading →