Independent scholarship produces its greatest value when it confronts the core problems of our society and brings cutting-edge research…
Howell Raines is the new top editor at The New York Times, the most influential news organization in the nation, perhaps the world. What…
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“Rosa Guy’s novel follows Wade Williams, a brilliant young black man who wakes up in a mental hospital and is told he has assaulted his…
“Henry Rios is introduced as a troubled San Francisco public defender battling alcoholism and burnout. While investigating the murder of an…
“On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur, aka JoAnne Chesimard, lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local,…
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“This haunting novel explores the complete degradation and isolation of a man by war. The book is set on the island of Leyte in the…
Written in alternating chapters, a mother and daughter describe the accident that nearly killed the daughter and left her paralyzed, and…