Category Archives: Multicultural

Sports Books: “The Final Four”

Posted on July 8, 2016 by

The Final Four by Paul Volponi    The hoop action between the Michigan State Spartans and the (underdog) Trojans of Troy University is nonstop, heart-pounding excitement. While the semifinal NCAA championship game is played, the novel focuses on four players: … Continue reading →

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Adult Books for Teens: “Between the World and Me”

Posted on March 15, 2016 by

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates   “This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.” Often books have an opening sentence–or … Continue reading →

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Adult Books for Teens: “The Meursault Investigation”

Posted on February 26, 2016 by

  The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud Many teens read Albert Camus’s The Stranger in high school. From what they tell me, it’s a book they like.  Algerian journalist Kamel Daoud  has given us Albert Camus’s The Stranger from the … Continue reading →

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Nonfiction: “The Warmth of Other Suns”

Posted on February 22, 2016 by

Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson   While I found The Warmth of Other Suns enlightening in many ways, I was truly astonished by the revelation that African Americans leaving the South during the early years of the Great … Continue reading →

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Nonfiction: “Bad Feminist”

Posted on December 17, 2015 by

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay   I had to read this book of essays because I’d seen Gay’s TED Talk in which she discusses how publishing the book led to her being called The bad feminist. I am of the … Continue reading →

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Nonfiction: “The Half has Never been Told”

Posted on December 3, 2015 by

The Half has Never been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist     I was fascinated by Baptist’s argument that an important foundation of American capitalism, and an essential element in the economic success … Continue reading →

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Adult Books for Teens: “A Place at the Table”

Posted on June 1, 2015 by

A Place at the Table by Susan Rebecca White   This tale of disparate people coming together to grant one another a bit of peace, the opportunity to find their places at the table, begins with brother and sister James … Continue reading →

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