by Evan Adamson (September 3, 2020) No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants, Alina Das, Bold Type Books, April 14, 2020, 272 pp., $33.12 A hard but necessary read, No Justice in the Shadows by NYU law professor, Alina Das, encourages empathy while stressing fundamental rights for immigrants under American law. When reading … [Read more...] about No Justice in the Shadows: The Crime-based Deportation Machine
Unleashed: The true challenge of leadership
By Sharon Broughton (September 2, 2020) Unleashed: The unapologetic leader’s guide to empowering everyone around you, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, Harvard Business Review Press, June 2, 2020 Hardcover, 240 pp., $37.01 It’s not about you. That’s the one thing to know about being a leader, say Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, authors … [Read more...] about Unleashed: The true challenge of leadership
Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom coming this Fall
(August 20, 2020) Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love edited by Nneka Allen, Camila Vital Nunes Pereira and Nicole Salmon is among the Fall line-up of Gail K. Picco Books, an imprint of Civil Sector Press. It's a powerful and moving collection of personal experiences written by 15 Black fundraisers that chips away at the idea of an inherent goodness of … [Read more...] about Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom coming this Fall
Rising Tides: Part of the literary response to climate change
By Roger Ali (July 17, 2020) Rising Tides: Reflections for Climate Changing Times, Edited by Catriona Sandilands, Catelin Press, October 19, 2019, 248 pp., $24.70 I read Rising Tides when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak and couldn’t help but draw connections with the realities of climate change and the complexities of our social, political and environmental … [Read more...] about Rising Tides: Part of the literary response to climate change
Juneteenth: ‘The most keenly awaited novel in American literary history’
By Gail Picco (June 19, 2020) Juneteenth, Ralph Ellison with preface by Charles Johnson, Vintage International, 408 pp., Kindle, $13.99 Ralph Ellison was one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. His first full novel Invisible Man is one of the best books of the 20th century. Born in 1914 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the grandson … [Read more...] about Juneteenth: ‘The most keenly awaited novel in American literary history’