Recommended Reads, 44th in a Quarterly Series

 

Books I've read lately that I would recommend:

Concrete Rose; The Hate U Give; On the Come Up (Thomas). A trio of gripping reads from a brilliant young author.

Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools (Kozol). Absolutely heart-breaking at times.

Ain’t I a Woman; Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black (hooks). I hadn't read any of her stuff until her untimely death so am catching up.

Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal (Bittman). An incredible sweep through history through the lens of what we eat.

A Philadelphia Education: Tales, Trials, and Tribulations of a Serial Careerist (Goldsmith). Following our "Forrest Gump" through the twists and turns of Philly life.

The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change (Boss). The pandemic has been a gut-wrenching frame for humanity's general struggle with grief and mourning.