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38 books

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0kwilbz13's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek

The Coast of Chicago

Stuart Dybek

173 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0kwilbz13's review
fiction short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
The Promise of Happiness by Sara Ahmed

The Promise of Happiness

Sara Ahmed

328 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0kwilbz13's review
nonfiction feminism philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz

This Is How You Lose Her

Junot Díaz

217 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0kwilbz13's review
fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0kwilbz13's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

336 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kwilbz13's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

380 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Presente!: Latin@ Immigrant Voices in the Struggle for Racial Justice / Voces Inmigranted Latin@s en la Lucha por la Justicia Racial by Juan González, Carlos Pérez de Alejo, Omar Angel, Cristina Tzintzún, Arnulfo Manríquez

Presente!: Latin@ Immigrant Voices in the Struggle for Racial Justice / Voces Inmigranted Latin@s en la Lucha por la Justicia Racial

Juan González, Carlos Pérez de Alejo, Omar Angel, Cristina Tzintzún, Arnulfo Manríquez

270 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

Kiese Laymon

146 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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nonfiction essays memoir race emotional reflective medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0kwilbz13's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced