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Erased

By Anna Malaika Tubbs

Anna Malaika Tubbs’ acclaimed 2021 debut, The Three Mothers, explored the lives and influence of Alberta King, Berdis Baldwin and Louise Little—the mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin and Malcolm X, respectively. Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us follows up by confronting the reasons so little was known about these women. Why are Black women so often lost to history? Erased sounds perfect for fans of Isabel Wilkerson (Caste) and Richard Rothstein (The Color of Law), and we can’t wait to read it.

Anna Malaika Tubbs’ acclaimed 2021 debut, The Three Mothers, explored the lives and influence of Alberta King, Berdis Baldwin and Louise Little—the mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin and Malcolm X, respectively. Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us follows up…

No Straight Road Takes You There

By Rebecca Solnit

For two decades, author, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit (Hope in the Dark, Men Explain Things to Me, The Faraway Nearby, among many) has been an incisive interpreter of the modern age, with a particular talent for laying bare current social and political crises while providing actionable advice to effect positive change. With No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain, Solnit homes in on climate change, prison abolition and more to explore how to harness the lessons of the past to forge ahead with courage and intention.

For two decades, author, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit (Hope in the Dark, Men Explain Things to Me, The Faraway Nearby, among many) has been an incisive interpreter of the modern age, with a particular talent for laying bare current social and political crises…

Unassimilable

By Bianca Mabute-Louie

In her powerful manifesto, Bianca Mabute-Louie unapologetically rejects assimilation and forges an Asian American identity on her own terms.

In her powerful manifesto, Bianca Mabute-Louie unapologetically rejects assimilation and forges an Asian American identity on her own terms.

99% Perspiration

By Adam Chandler

Adam Chandler’s history of labor can make readers question their own relationship to work, what their jobs mean to them, and why employment is so integral to our identity.

Adam Chandler’s history of labor can make readers question their own relationship to work, what their jobs mean to them, and why employment is so integral to our identity.

Reclaiming the Black Body

By Alishia McCullough

Alishia McCullough’s groundbreaking Reclaiming the Black Body takes a sharp aim at diet culture, providing a much-needed foil to the misinformation and stigma about fat people and a deeply insightful guide for women of color struggling with body image.

Alishia McCullough’s groundbreaking Reclaiming the Black Body takes a sharp aim at diet culture, providing a much-needed foil to the misinformation and stigma about fat people and a deeply insightful guide for women of color struggling with body image.

Power Metal

By Vince Beiser

Power Metal sounds the alarm on the environmental and social consequences of electronic and digital energy—and how the ways we are combating climate change come at a cost.

Power Metal sounds the alarm on the environmental and social consequences of electronic and digital energy—and how the ways we are combating climate change come at a cost.

Custodians of Wonder

By Eliot Stein

Eliot Stein’s vivid Custodians of Wonder documents the last people maintaining some of the world’s ancient cultural traditions, and proves that comfort, community and beauty never get old.

Eliot Stein’s vivid Custodians of Wonder documents the last people maintaining some of the world’s ancient cultural traditions, and proves that comfort, community and beauty never get old.

Valley So Low

By Jared Sullivan

Jared Sullivan’s Valley So Low chronicles an environmental disaster in Tennessee with the flair of a propulsive legal thriller.

Jared Sullivan’s Valley So Low chronicles an environmental disaster in Tennessee with the flair of a propulsive legal thriller.

The Indian Card

By Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz

Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz’s powerful The Indian Card considers the history of Native American tribal membership and its impacts on people today.

Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz’s powerful The Indian Card considers the history of Native American tribal membership and its impacts on people today.

American Teenager

By Nico Lang

Nico Lang’s powerful American Teenager closely follows seven transgender young adults, rendering complex, searing and sensitive portraits of their lives.

Nico Lang’s powerful American Teenager closely follows seven transgender young adults, rendering complex, searing and sensitive portraits of their lives.

Eerie Legends

By Ricardo Diseno, Illustrated by Steve Mockus

Bold, offbeat illustrations by Ricardo Diseño lead the way in the spooky-fun Eerie Legends.

Bold, offbeat illustrations by Ricardo Diseño lead the way in the spooky-fun Eerie Legends.

From the Ashes

By Sarah Jaffe

Detailed, lucid and richly sourced, Sarah Jaffe’s From the Ashes shows how the transformational power of grief can fuel revolutionary change.

Detailed, lucid and richly sourced, Sarah Jaffe’s From the Ashes shows how the transformational power of grief can fuel revolutionary change.

By the Fire We Carry

By Rebecca Nagle

Rebecca Nagle’s gripping By the Fire We Carry chronicles how the appeal of a decades-old Oklahoma murder restored land rights to Muscogee and Cherokee Nations.

Rebecca Nagle’s gripping By the Fire We Carry chronicles how the appeal of a decades-old Oklahoma murder restored land rights to Muscogee and Cherokee Nations.

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