By Gail Picco, November 30, 2020 Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and the Urgent Lessons for our Own, Eddie Glaude Jr, Crown, June 30, 2020, 272 pp., $33.78 When Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr looked to American history to help explain the American present, he found the moment called for nothing short of the biting, realistic and singular representation of … [Read more...] about Begin Again by Eddie Glaude: James Baldwin as a Man for our Time
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Collecting Courage: A Powerful Truth On Black Love, Freedom and Philanthropy
By Krishan Mehta, PhD, November 26, 2020 Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love, edited by Nneka Allen, Camila Vital Nunes Pereira and Nicole Salmon, Gail K. Picco Books, Civil Sector Press, November 24, 2020, 227 pp., $39.99 CAD/$29.99 USD Philanthropy is often defined as an expression of love for humanity. But in an age where Black bodies are deemed dispensable, … [Read more...] about Collecting Courage: A Powerful Truth On Black Love, Freedom and Philanthropy
Tomboy: Has appeal for all readers
By Wanda Deschamps November 24, 2020 Tomboy : The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different, Lisa Selin Davis, Hachette Go, August 11, 2020, 336 pp., $34.65 Tomboy. “That’s a girl who has short hair and likes sports” explained Lisa Selin Davis’s daughter as she made the announcement of her identity to her mother by relaying this … [Read more...] about Tomboy: Has appeal for all readers
Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened
By Roger Ali (November 12, 2020) Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened and How to Stop the Next One, Debora MacKenzie, Hachette, July 14, 2020, 304 pp., $33.66 Covid-19 is a hot topic, and living through a pandemic, during unprecedented times, has heightened our awareness and growing concerns about the virus, when it will end and what worse threats … [Read more...] about Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened
Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech’s Empathy Problem
By Wanda Deschamps (November 9, 2020) Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech's Empathy Problem and How to Fix It, Maelle Gavet, Wiley, October 6, 2020, 224 pp., $29.69 Globalization and proliferation of technology. This is what I grew up hearing my late father talk about. His name is Walter J. Kontak. He was a political science professor at St. Francis Xavier University … [Read more...] about Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech’s Empathy Problem