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New: Secrets of the Killing State by Corinna Barrett Lain
“A scathing attack. Like the unsafe meat-packing practices exposed in Upton Sinclair鈥檚 The Jungle, this book attempts to show that practices of administering the death penalty are cruel, arbitrary, and harmful to the public.” ~Library Journal
New: How to Queer the World by Bo Ruberg
“This heady, original take on video games will most likely appeal to readers and researchers looking for inventive ways to evaluate a timely medium.”聽~Booklist
New: How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic
Edited by Mara Mills, Harris Kornstein, Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp
“How To Be Disabled in a Pandemic documents the wisdom of disabled oracles who resisted and challenged the system during the first three years of the pandemic in New York City.” ~Alice Wong, author of Year of the Tiger: An Activist鈥檚 Life
狈别飞:听Black Panther Woman by Mary Frances Phillips
“Activism grounded in love. Phillips enlarges the history of the Black Panthers by showing women鈥檚 experiences as integral to the group鈥檚 work. A revealing, well-researched biography.” ~Kirkus Reviews
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Expanding the Literary Canon with The Library of Arabic Literature
As Arab American Heritage Month draws to a close, we encourage readers to expand their own definition of the “canon.” In history and literature courses, it can sometimes seem like…
Read MoreThis piece was originally published by Black Agenda Report. In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week鈥檚 featured author is Judith Weisenfeld….
Read MoreRedface in the 21st Century by Bethany Hughes, author of Redface: Race, Performance, and Indigeneity
On Monday, January 20, Donald Trump was sworn in for the second time as President of the United States of America. On Sunday evening, the day before his inauguration, he…
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