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Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream
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Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream

Mychal Denzel Smith | SOCIAL SCIENCES,  Sep 01, 2020

This is not always easy book, but it is one that sees the United States for what it is. A searing combination of memoir and commentary that makes for essential reading.

Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
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Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

Anne Helen Petersen | SOCIAL SCIENCES,  Sep 01, 2020

An impassioned call for action that, like the viral BuzzFeed article it was based on, raises more questions than ­answers.

My Time To Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race
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My Time To Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race

Ilia Calderón | BIOGRAPHY,  Aug 01, 2020

This memoir is a delicious media investigation in itself, but will be valued by all who love a good success story.
AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Lynda Lopez | POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Jul 01, 2020

While there are several articles about Ocasio-Cortez, this book dives deep into her background, image, and ideas, and comes up with important insights. For readers interested in aspiring to politics.
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman | SOCIAL SCIENCES,  Jul 01, 2020

This vital book will be especially useful for young women as they navigate their relationships and the world, but may also be an important read for older women who are reflecting on how they grew up and who they came of age alongside.

Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity

Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity

Porochista Khakpour | LITERATURE,  May 01, 2020

Emotions of sorrow, anger, and anxiety loom large in Khakpour’s inner and outer experiences in America, but the humor in her reflections keep this book immune from wallowing. A triumphant entry in the personal essay canon.
The Undocumented Americans
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The Undocumented Americans

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio | SOCIAL SCIENCES,  Apr 01, 2020

Readers come to see that there is no time for hedging: the personal traumas discussed in the book are compounded by their commonality. A must-read indictment on what it means to be undocumented and what it means to be American.
Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me

Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me

Sopan Deb | BIOGRAPHY,  Apr 01, 2020

A delightful memoir of people and place that will draw in Deb’s fans and attract plenty of new ones.

Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used To Undermine Women

Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used To Undermine Women

Various | SOCIAL SCIENCES,  Feb 01, 2020

This collection features an array of voices and serves as a multiuse resource that can be a glossary, a takedown, or a radical reclaiming.

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