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Featured Reading Lists

Abolition Reading

The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

by Angela Y. Davis

We Do This Til We Free Us

We Do This Til We Free Us

by Mariame Kaba

Becoming Abolitionists

Becoming Abolitionists

by Derecka Purnell

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

by Paulo Freire

Abolition Reading

The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

by Angela Y. Davis

We Do This Til We Free Us

We Do This Til We Free Us

by Mariame Kaba

Becoming Abolitionists

Becoming Abolitionists

by Derecka Purnell

Antiracist Reading

Caste

Caste

by Isabel Wilkerson

White Fragility

White Fragility

by Robin Diangelo

So You Want to Talk About Race

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

How to Be an Antiracist

How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi

Antiracist Reading

Caste

Caste

by Isabel Wilkerson

White Fragility

White Fragility

by Robin Diangelo

So You Want to Talk About Race

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Activism

Our Time is Now

Our Time is Now

by Stacey Abrams

Just Merch

Just Merch

by Bryan Stevenson

This Book Is Anti-Racist

This Book Is Anti-Racist

by Tiffany Jewell

Pleasure Activism

Pleasure Activism

by adrienne maree brown

In Praise of Difficult Women

In Praise of Difficult Women

by Karen Karbo

Activism

Our Time is Now

Our Time is Now

by Stacey Abrams

Just Merch

Just Merch

by Bryan Stevenson

This Book Is Anti-Racist

This Book Is Anti-Racist

by Tiffany Jewell

Pleasure Activism

Pleasure Activism

by adrienne maree brown

University Press Week

Infinite Cities

Infinite Cities

by Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly Schapiro, and Rebecca Snedeker

After the Blast

After the Blast

by Eric Wagner

Atomic Doctors

Atomic Doctors

by James L. Nolan

Capital and Ideology

Capital and Ideology

by Thomas Piketty

Shapes of Native Nonfiction

Shapes of Native Nonfiction

by Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton

University Press Week

Infinite Cities

Infinite Cities

by Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly Schapiro, and Rebecca Snedeker

After the Blast

After the Blast

by Eric Wagner

Atomic Doctors

Atomic Doctors

by James L. Nolan

Capital and Ideology

Capital and Ideology

by Thomas Piketty

Environmental Racism

The Yellow House

The Yellow House

by Sarah M. Broom

Black Faces, White Spaces

Black Faces, White Spaces

by Carolyn Finney

The Earth Is Weeping

The Earth Is Weeping

by Peter Cozzens

The Good Ancestor

The Good Ancestor

by Roman Krznaric

¡No Se Vende!

¡No Se Vende!

by Kay Matthews

Environmental Racism

The Yellow House

The Yellow House

by Sarah M. Broom

Black Faces, White Spaces

Black Faces, White Spaces

by Carolyn Finney

The Earth Is Weeping

The Earth Is Weeping

by Peter Cozzens

The Good Ancestor

The Good Ancestor

by Roman Krznaric

Microhistory

Secret Lives of Color

Secret Lives of Color

by Kassia St. Clair

Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky

by Salt: A World History

Brief History of Vice

Brief History of Vice

by Robert Evans

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

by Tom Standage

Quackery

Quackery

by Lydia Kang & Nate Pedersen

Microhistory

Secret Lives of Color

Secret Lives of Color

by Kassia St. Clair

Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky

by Salt: A World History

Brief History of Vice

Brief History of Vice

by Robert Evans

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

by Tom Standage

Police, Prisons, and Power

The Color of Law

The Color of Law

by Richard Rothstein

Hiding in Plain Sight

Hiding in Plain Sight

by Sarah Kendzior

The Black and the Blue

The Black and the Blue

by Matthew Horace and Ron Harris

When We Fight, We Win!

When We Fight, We Win!

by Greg Jobin-Leeds and AgitArte

Street Journalist

Street Journalist

by Lisa Loving

Police, Prisons, and Power

The Color of Law

The Color of Law

by Richard Rothstein

Hiding in Plain Sight

Hiding in Plain Sight

by Sarah Kendzior

The Black and the Blue

The Black and the Blue

by Matthew Horace and Ron Harris

When We Fight, We Win!

When We Fight, We Win!

by Greg Jobin-Leeds and AgitArte

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Underground in Berlin

Underground in Berlin

by Marie Jalowicz Simon, Anthea Bell, and Hermann Simon

Trieste

Trieste

by Daša Drndic

Survival in Auschwitz

Survival in Auschwitz

by Primo Levi

Not I

Not I

by Joachim Fest

In Memory's Kitchen

In Memory's Kitchen

by Cara De Silva

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Underground in Berlin

Underground in Berlin

by Marie Jalowicz Simon, Anthea Bell, and Hermann Simon

Trieste

Trieste

by Daša Drndic

Survival in Auschwitz

Survival in Auschwitz

by Primo Levi

Not I

Not I

by Joachim Fest