This week the Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group held its annual book selection meeting. Our book group formed in 2008 as part of an effort to heal community following the tragic Kirkwood City Hall shooting. Our June meeting … Continue reading →
Book: Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang Genre: Autobiography Publisher: Anchor Publication date: 2021 Source: eBook borrowed from the library Summary: Qian arrived in the United States in 1994 with her mother, joining her father who had already … Continue reading →
The Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group held its annual book selection meeting on Thursday. We passed our 14th anniversary in June, and we’ve read 130 books together, so far. We each bring up to five books to propose … Continue reading →
Book: Birth of the Chess Queen by Marilyn Yalom Genre: History Publisher: HarperCollins Publication date: 2004 Pages: 241 Source: Hardcover borrowed from neighboring library Summary: When chess originated in India, some 1500 years ago, there were no female pieces on … Continue reading →
Book: The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: One World Publication date: 2021 Pages: 590 (480 without end material — don’t let anyone tell you that this book wasn’t well-researched!) Source: Hardcover, borrowed from … Continue reading →
Book: The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America by Marcus J. Moore Genre: Biography Publisher: Atria Books Publication date: 2020 Pages: 288 Source: Borrowed e-book from the library Summary: If you were in the Black Lives … Continue reading →
Book: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: One World Publication date: 2021 Pages: 415 — 293 of text, the rest is notes and index Source: Borrowed … Continue reading →
Book: Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke Genre: Autobiography Publisher: Flat Iron Books Publication date: 2021 Pages: 320 Source: Borrowed e-book from the library Summary: Tarana Burke began using the … Continue reading →
Book: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Seal Press, Hachette Book Group Publication date: 2018 Pages: 248 Source: Physical copy from the library Summary: The summary of So You Want to Talk About … Continue reading →
Book: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication date: 2020 Pages: 294 Source: Print book borrowed from the library Summary: Ibram X. Kendi writes in the … Continue reading →