“On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur, aka JoAnne Chesimard, lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local,…
Written in alternating chapters, a mother and daughter describe the accident that nearly killed the daughter and left her paralyzed, and…
“As she bears witness to the sweeping corruption, dilapidated buildings and shameful legacy of Antigua’s colonial past, Kincaid compels us…
Power explores a particularly American phenomenon in which journalists, advocates and US policymakers draw comparisons between contemporary…
“‘They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time.’ So begins Toni Morrison’s Paradise, which opens with a…
“In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored…
“Elizabeth Martinez’s unique Chicana voice arises from over 30 years of experience in the movements for civil rights, women’s liberation…