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Tag Archives: The New Jim Crow

Book Review: Clean by David Sheff

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 26, 2013 by Joy Weese MollSeptember 26, 2013

Book: Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy by David Sheff Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication date: 2013 Pages: 374 Source: Library Summary: Citing the latest medical and psychological research, Clean by David Sheff makes the case that … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Clean, David Sheff, How Children Succeed, Michael Moss, Michelle Alexander, Paul Tough, Salt Sugar Fat, The New Jim Crow | 5 Replies

Back to School Reading Challenge — my Sign Up Post

Joy's Book Blog Posted on August 2, 2013 by Joy Weese MollAugust 2, 2013

It would probably be a good idea to sign up for my own challenge! You can join us here: Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club. The idea is to read some books in August and September with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges | Tagged Arielle Eckstut, Clean, David Henry Sterry, David Sheff, Francine Prose, Gluttony, How Georgia Became O'Keeffe, How to Write a Book Proposal, Julia Child, Julia Child Rules, Karen Karbo, Kathe Lison, Kathryn Stockett, Michael Larsen, Michael Moss, Michelle Alexander, My Life in France, Salt Sugar Fat, Susan Tucker, Telling Memories Among Southern Women, The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel, The Help, The New Jim Crow, The Whole Fromage | 5 Replies

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

Joy's Book Blog Posted on July 29, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

As the summer morphs into back to school season, are you motivated to learn something new from your reading? Check out the Back to School Reading Challenge! Read It’s been a long time since I wrote a Monday post, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Parties | Tagged A Million Suns, Across the Universe, Beth Revis, Christopher Vogler, DK Eyewitness Travel Paris, It's Monday!, Mary Balogh, Michael Allin, Michael Moss, Michelle Alexander, Princess Michael of Kent, Salt Sugar Fat, Shades of Earth, The New Jim Crow, The Proposal, The Serpent and The Moon, The Writer's Journey, Zarafa | 13 Replies

Book Review: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Joy's Book Blog Posted on July 12, 2013 by Joy Weese MollJuly 14, 2013

Book: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: The New Press Publication date: 2010 Pages: 248 Source: Library (and it’s overdue!) Summary: What you think you know about crime, criminals, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow | 10 Replies

Diversity Book Club book lists

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 28, 2012 by Joy Weese MollSeptember 29, 2012

My book club is officially the “Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group co-sponsored by the Kirkwood Public Library.” We tend to shorten that to CFUH Book Group. But people outside of my suburb (and most people in it) don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Clubs | Tagged A Lesson Before Dying, American Tapestry, Baratunde Thurston, David Margolick, Elizabeth and Hazel, Ernest J. Gaines, How to Be Black, J. California Cooper, Michelle Alexander, Michelle Obama, No Crystal Stair, Rachel L. Swarns, Susan Tucker, Telling Memories Among Southern Women, The Good Food Revolution, The New Jim Crow, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, Wake of the Wind, Will Allen | 10 Replies

Selected Black History Month Events around Kirkwood, Missouri

Joy's Book Blog Posted on February 2, 2012 by Joy Weese MollFebruary 2, 2012

  For the second event of the Black History Month Blog Hop, Around Town, we are asked to supply a list of events in our area. I have a quite large list of events in and around St. Louis in … Continue reading →

Posted in Events | Tagged Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow, Unbowed, Wangari Muta Maathi | 2 Replies
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