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“Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of ‘97. His mother, Jane, is a famous feminist author; his father, Jonathan, is an expert at getting ‘lost boys’ to open up.…
“This book documents the lived experiences of women of color academics who have leveraged their professional positions to challenge the status quo in their scholarship, teaching,…
“Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all…
“In 1925, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now, her new neighbor, a white woman named…
“What is it like to be a refugee? It is a question many of us do not give much thought to, and yet there are more than 25 million refugees in the world. At age eight, Dina Nayeri…
“Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage -- and lost his mother and all memory of her when he was a child -- but he is also gifted with a mysterious power. Hiram almost drowns…
“Sarah M. Broom’s [memoir] The Yellow House tells a hundred years of her family and their relationship to home in a neglected area of one of America’s most mythologized cities.…
“In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Applewhite traces her own journey from…
“There are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and rancor these days than immigration. In [this book], the renowned author Suketu Mehta offers a reality-…
“More trans students, faculty, and staff are out on U.S. colleges campuses today than ever before. Still, many report enduring harassment and discrimination, and others avoid…