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Just thirty, she represents her generation, the millennials, in many groundbreaking ways: proudly working class, Democratic Socialist, of Puerto Rican descent, master of social media, not to mention of the Bronx, feminist―and a great dancer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAOC\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003einvestigates her symbolic and personal significance for so many, from her willingness to use her imperfect bi-lingualism, to why men are so threatened by her power, to the long history of Puerto Rican activism that she joins. Contributors span a wide range of voices and ages, from media to the arts and politics:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeegan-Michael Key\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― Preface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynda Lopez\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― Introduction: \"The Meaning of AOC\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennine Capó Crucet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― \"An Open Letter to Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea González-Ramírez\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― \"Women Like Me Aren’t Supposed to Run for Office\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Reynoso\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― “'The First Latina to . . .'”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePedro Regalado\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― “'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePa’lante\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!': The Long History of Puerto Rican Activism in New York City\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Traister\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― \"The Imagined Threat of a Woman Who Governs Like a Man\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalia Sylvester\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― \"In No Uncertain Terms\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin Aubry Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― \"The Center Will Not Hold. 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Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― \"The Democratic Socialism of AOC\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― \"On Being an Indignant Brown Girl\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Yeampierre\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― \"Making the Green New Deal the Real Deal\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaría Cristina “MC” González Noguera\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― \"The Hustle\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditor \u003cstrong\u003eLynda Lopez\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Emmy-award winning journalist who has anchored and reported for ABC News, WCBS-TV and NewsRadio 880. Prior to joining 880, Lynda anchored for Fox 5 and My9 in New York and was a correspondent on VH-1. 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She writes about magic Black girls who aren’t magic all the time, because honestly, they deserve a vacation. Ifueko lives in Los Angeles with her husband David and their 3-legged trustafarian dog Reginald Ovahcomah. 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Winters writes that my hope for this book is that it will provide a comprehensive summary of the consequences of Black fatigue, and awaken activism in those who care about equity and justice--those who care that intergenerational fatigue is tearing at the very core of a whole race of people who are simply asking for what they deserve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eMary-Frances Winters\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and president of the Winters Group Inc. She has been helping clients create inclusive environments for over three decades. She was named a top ten diversity trailblazer by Forbes and a diversity pioneer by \u003ci\u003eProfiles in Diversity Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and is the recipient of the prestigious ATHENA Award, as well as the Winds of Change Award conferred by the Forum on Workplace Inclusion. 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As she, her brother Spanky--a rising pop star back in Manila, now working as a luggage handler at San Francisco airport--and others of their generation struggled with setbacks amid mounting instability that seemed to keep prosperity ever out of reach \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe wondered whether their decision to abandon a middle-class existence in the Philippines had been worth the cost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracing his family's history through the region's unique geopolitical roots in Spanish colonialism, American intervention, and Japanese occupation, Samaha fits their arc into the wider story of global migration as determined by chess moves among superpowers. Ambitious, intimate, and incisive, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eConcepcion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores what it might mean to reckon with the unjust legacy of imperialism, to live with contradiction and hope, to fight for the unrealized ideals of an inherited homeland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlbert Samaha\u003c\/b\u003e is an investigative journalist and inequality editor at \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed News\u003c\/i\u003e. A Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant recipient, he is also the author of \u003ci\u003eNever\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRan, Never Will: Boyhood and Football in a Changing\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Inner City\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the 2019 PEN\/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. 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It is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they- and she-will come to both revere and fear. The Night Women, as they call themselves, have long been plotting a slave revolt, and as Lilith comes of age they see her as the key to their plans. But when she begins to understand her own feelings, desires, and identity, Lilith starts to push at the edges of what is imaginable for the life of a slave woman, and risks becoming the conspiracy's weak link. But the real revelation of the book-the secret to the stirring imagery and insistent prose-is Marlon James himself, a young writer at once breath­takingly daring and wholly in command of his craft.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarlon James\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jamaica in 1970. 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All this by the age of thirty, because of his ability to think and act illogically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmmanuel, the son of Nigerian immigrant parents, grew up in Dallas with his three siblings. He is a 2021 Sports Emmy winner, Fox Sports analyst (cohost of FS1's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeak for Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), and television personality. 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Sampling his provocative sessions with influential artists and culture workers, like Public Enemy leader Chuck D and radical feminist MC Maya Jupiter, Bryonn opens up and guides discussions about the power of art and activism to build solidarity across disciplines and demand justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith raw insight and radical introspection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRebel Speak \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eembodies the growing call for \"credible messengers\" on prisons, policing, racial justice, abolitionist politics, and transformative organizing. Reimagining the role of the writer and scholar as a DJ and MC, Bryonn moves the crowd with this unforgettable mix of those working within the belly of the beast to change the world. 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Forster and Mohammed el Adl—in which Mohammed’s story collides with his own, blending fact and fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1919, Mohammed el Adl, the young Egyptian lover of British author E. M. Forster, spent six months in a jail cell. A century later, Kip Starling has locked himself in his Brooklyn basement study with a pistol and twenty-one gallons of Poland Spring to write Mohammed’s story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKip has only three weeks until his publisher’s deadline to immerse himself in the mind of Mohammed who, like Kip, is Black, queer, an Other. The similarities don't end there. Both of their lives have been deeply affected by their confrontations with Whiteness, homophobia, their upper crust education, and their white romantic partners. As Kip immerses himself in his writing, Mohammed’s story – and then Mohammed himself – begins to speak to him, and his life becomes a Proustian portal into Kip's own memories and psyche. Greenland seamlessly conjures two distinct yet overlapping worlds where the past mirrors the present, and the artist’s journey transforms into a quest for truth that offers a world of possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElectric and unforgettable, David Santos Donaldson’s tour de force excavates the dream of white assimilation, the foibles of interracial relationships, and not only the legacy of a literary giant, but literature itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Santos Donaldson\u003c\/strong\u003e was raised in Nassau, Bahamas, and has lived in India, Spain, and the United States. He attended Wesleyan University and the Drama Division of the Juilliard School, and his plays have been commissioned by the Public Theater. He was a finalist for the Urban Stages Emerging Playwright Award and has worked as the Artistic Director for the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts in Nassau, Bahamas. Donaldson is currently a practicing psychotherapist, and divides his time between Brooklyn, New York, and Seville, Spain. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreenland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmistad (June 7, 2022)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHardcover: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e336 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0063159554\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780063159556\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14 ounces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5.5 x 1.3 x 8.4 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlt: Green land\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"David Santos Donaldson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42876909748459,"sku":"9780063159556","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44287412699371,"sku":"9780063159563","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9780063159563.jpg?v=1699140553"},{"product_id":"ma-and-me","title":"Ma and Me \/\/ A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Putsata Reang was eleven months old, her family fled war-torn Cambodia, spending twenty-three days on an overcrowded navy vessel before finding sanctuary at an American naval base in the Philippines. Holding what appeared to be a lifeless baby in her arms, Ma resisted the captain's orders to throw her bundle overboard. Instead, on landing, Ma rushed her baby into the arms of American military nurses and doctors, who saved the child's life. \"I had hope, just a little, you were still alive,\" Ma would tell Put in an oft-repeated story that became family legend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years, Put lived to please Ma and make her proud, hustling to repay her life debt by becoming the consummate good Cambodian daughter, working steadfastly by Ma's side in the berry fields each summer and eventually building a successful career as an award-winning journalist. But Put's adoration and efforts are no match for Ma's expectations. When she comes out to Ma in her twenties, it's just a phase. When she fails to bring home a Khmer boyfriend, it's because she's not trying hard enough. 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Born in Cambodia and raised in rural Oregon, Reang has lived and worked in more than a dozen countries, including Cambodia, Afghanistan, and Thailand. She is an alum of residencies at Hedgebrook, Kimmel Harding Nelson, and Mineral School, and she has received fellowships from the Alicia Patterson Foundation and Jack Straw Writers Program. 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He received his MFA from the University of Minnesota, is a PhD fellow in the University of Southern California’s PhD in Creative Writing and Literature Program, and in 2021 was awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in the Creative Writing Program at Stanford University. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIf I Survive You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is his debut book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMCD (September 6, 2022)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHardcover\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e272 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e037460598X\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780374605988\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5.38 x 1 x 8.25 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Escoffery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43740983460075,"sku":"9781250872210","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42935252091115,"sku":"9780374605988","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/products\/9780374605988.jpg?v=1655187048"},{"product_id":"amari-great-game","title":"Amari and the Great Game \/\/ (Supernatural Investigations #2)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSequel to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmari and the Night Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtemis Fowl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMen in Black\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ein this magical second book in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Indie bestselling Supernatural Investigations trilogy--perfect for fans of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, the Percy Jackson series, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNevermoor\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. 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His debut novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmari and the Night Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is a #1 Kids' Indie Next pick and the winner of Barnes \u0026amp; Noble's inaugural Children's and YA Book Award as well as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and indie bestseller. When not writing, he can be found eating too many sweets and exploring country roads to see where they lead. 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Her poetry has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and she has performed her poetry on CNN, CBS, and the TEDx stage. 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Author John Tateishi, himself the leader of the JACL Redress Committee for many years, is first to admit that the task was herculean in scale. The campaign was seeking an unprecedented admission of wrongdoing from Congress. It depended on a unified effort but began with an acutely divided community: for many, the shame of “camp” was so deep that they could not even speak of it; money was a taboo subject; the question of the value of liberty was insulting. Besides internal discord, the American public was largely unaware that there had been concentration camps on US soil, and Tateishi knew that concessions from Congress would come only with mass education about the government’s civil rights violations. Beyond the backroom politicking and verbal fisticuffs that make this book a swashbuckling read, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRedress\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the story of a community reckoning with what it means to be both culturally Japanese and American citizens; how to restore honor; and what duty it has to protect such harms from happening again. This book has powerful implications as the idea of reparations shapes our national conversation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tateishi\u003c\/strong\u003e, born in Los Angeles, was incarcerated from ages three to six at Manzanar, one of America's ten World War II concentration camps. He studied English Lit at UC Berkeley and attended UC Davis for graduate studies. 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Rachel is known for making history as the first Black lead in the franchise's history on the thirteenth season of ABC's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bachelorette\u003c\/i\u003e, and as a contestant on the twenty-first season of ABC's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bachelor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRachel obtained an undergraduate degree at The University of Texas at Austin in sports management, then went on to receive a law degree from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee with a concentration in sports law.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRachel is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a member of the Advisory Council for the University of Texas at Austin College of Education, an ambassador for the College Football Playoff Foundation, and a supporter of Paw Works and Project Angel Food.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRachel is an avid sports fan, enjoys music, meditation, dancing, exercising, reading, and spending time with her family, her dog Copper and husband Bryan. 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Armed with more questions than answers and caught in the crosshairs of a powerful organization who will stop at nothing to keep their secret hidden, Bern and Eboni will move heaven and earth in their dogged quest to right history's wrongs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrendan Nicholaus Slocumb\u003c\/strong\u003e was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and holds a degree in music education (with concentrations in violin and viola) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 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This is a story that plunges head first into the nuances of a teenage girl's personhood, while contemplating what it means to be seen as a small part of a whole. Ibi Zoboi offers a bold meditation on what it means to question your place in, while being critical of, a community that has always been your home. Here, she asks: what does a Black girl do with her guilt and her grief in the midst of all her power?\"  — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCandice Iloh, author of National Book Award finalist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEvery Body Looking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"To read \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNigeria Jones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is to have the honor of being invited to one of the most unapologetically Black, womanist, and liberating worlds ever penned. Ibi Zoboi has masterfully woven together a story that explores the dynamism of marginalized people who have often been erased from American literary canon. Through Nigeria and other deeply compelling characters, Ibi has written a love letter to any and everyone who has yearned to feel seen, fought for survival, and been driven by the hope of freedom. 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She is also the author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePride \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich\u003c\/span\u003e, a \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e bestseller. She is the editor of the anthology \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Enough\u003c\/span\u003e. 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Browne's \u003cem\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/em\u003e offers an intricate portrait of Black womanhood in America. \"We praise their names \/ \u0026amp; the hands that write \/ Praise the mouth that speaks,\" she writes in tribute to those who came before her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrowne captures a quintessential girlhood through the pleasures and pangs of young love: the thrill of skating hip to hip at the roller rink, the heat of holding hands in the dark, and, sometimes, the sting of a palm across the cheek. Friendship, too, comes with its own complex yearnings: \"you ain't had freedom \/ 'til you climb on bus 62 \/ \u0026amp; head to the closest mall \/ for a good seat at the girl fight.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReflections of Browne's mother, Redbone, bolster the collection with moments of unwavering strength: \"give me my mother's bone structure \/ \u0026amp; her gap tooth slaughter \/ give me her spine--Redbone got a spine for the world.\" Other moments explore the inherent anxieties shared among Black mothers, rhythmically intoning names like the tolling of a church bell: \"Because Kadiatou Diallo \/ Because Sybrina Fulton \/ Because Valeria Bell \/ Because Mamie Till.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe characters in \u003cem\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/em\u003e grapple with the legacies of inherited trauma but also revel in the beauty of the undaunted self-determination passed down from Black woman to Black woman. 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And, for our folks, the people could be your people. This book is a gift. A kingdom of touchable joys.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Hanif Abdurraqib\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMahogany L. Browne\u003c\/b\u003e, selected as one of the Kennedy Center's Next 50, is the executive director of JustMedia, founder of the Woke Baby Book Fair, and artistic director of Urban Word NYC. 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