Book Review
From Descendants of Slaves to Mass Incarceration
"From Descendants of Slaves to Mass Incarceration" is a passionate social science text that asserts that Black families deserve better from the US. In her social science book "From Descendants of Slaves to Mass Incarceration", Tabitha...
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Who Runs the World?
A change-making organization is used to illustrate the transformative potential of empowering women and girls in the inspiring book "Who Runs the World?" Speaking on behalf of the Pathfinder organization, Lois Quam argues for universal,...
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The Marriage Gift
Beneath wordplay, double entendres, dry sarcasm, and pop culture references is a sweet and meaningful novel about love at every stage of a relationship. A couple discovers the true secret of a happy marriage in Stephen Evans’s novel...
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Into the Known Universe
"Into the Known Universe" is a rollicking science fiction farce that takes on arbitrary social restrictions with aplomb. An office worker’s regimented life takes a series of hair-raising turns in James R. D. Hilton’s science fiction...
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Saying No to Hate
Norman H. Finkelstein reviews the past and present fight against American antisemitism in "Saying No to Hate". Finkelstein notes that the first Jews settled in North America in the mid-1600s. Since then, he writes, the United States has...
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Sleepaway
An incurable, inexplicable condition brings humanity to the breaking point in Kevin Prufer’s novel "Sleepaway". They call it “the sleeps.” This strange phenomenon works its way across the world, forcing whole communities asleep for...
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Reuniting with Strangers
In the short stories that make up Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio’s novel "Reuniting with Strangers", women from the Philippines try to make places for themselves halfway across the world. For many Filipinas in the collection, the only way...
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The Last Sane Woman
In Hannah Regel’s novel "The Last Sane Woman", two frustrated artists, separated by decades, make their ways in the world. Nicola’s artistic ambitions are drained by her day job and self-doubt. She becomes a ghost in her own life,...