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All in Nonfiction
On Juneteenth is a short but powerful collection of essays. Anne Gordon-Reed’s brilliance as a historian and love for her home of Texas merge into something that everyone should read.
Languages of Truth is engaging and entertaining, although certain chapters will only be for certain people. Don’t be afraid to get a copy and skip around to the essays that interest you!
¡Hola Papi! is a funny, compassionate memoir-in-essays full of personality and heart.
Somebody’s Daughter is exactly as good as all the hype says it is. Moving, gripping, smart, and incredibly observed. You should read it.
How a Poem Moves is a friendly, accessible, super-digestible read perfect for anyone who wants practice reading poetry, with a smart, funny professor there to point out things you might have missed.
This book is obviously illuminating and inspiring and impactful to read, because Angela Davis is Angela Davis. Every word from her is a gift to our hearts and brains.
As You Were is a well written but extremely dark, heavy memoir. I recommend reading it across a long stretch of time.
Mutualism was a fascinating, approachable book made me think about the future and the safety net we can build for ourselves in a lot of new ways.
Interesting, approachable, and compelling, Futureproof was a pleasant surprise among this kind of nonfiction. It offers both moral and practical insights, and it reads quickly.
Don’t Read Poetry is not quite the reading-poetry-how-to I’d expected, but I’m so glad I picked it up; it is an homage to the world of poetry that’s a delight to read.
The Queens' English is colorful and fun and very obviously crafted with so much love. It’s also packed with so much context, advocacy, history, and more. There is truly a delight on every page.
A portrait of grief and examination of resilience, Sanctuary is a gorgeously written, vulnerable, insightful memoir of Rapp Black’s experience losing her son and having her second child.
The Listening Path is a six-week approach to getting in touch with the world, yourself, and the beyond. It wasn’t for me — it was too “woo-woo” as she herself puts it — but it might be for you.
How to Read Poetry Like a Professor is fun, helpful, and the perfect book to help you start to read poetry more deeply.
It’s a celebration, an amplification, a deep-dive, a time capsule of a culture. A gift to everyone who reads it, but especially to the Black community. This book is a triumph.
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain is a snack of a book, a conversational, fascinating, and revelatory bundle of great metaphors on how our brains work.
The Making of a Manager is a helpful, friendly, useful book specifically for people who are becoming managers for the first time. I really appreciated it!
Carry is one of those memoirs that just stands so far out from all the others. The writing is fierce, poetic, and self-assured. Read it.
