Read Woke
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On the episode we talk about some of the challenges getting a hold of materials and the Read Woke Online Reading Challenge.
Cheryl’s Picks
Rockaway: Surfing Headlong into a New Life by Diane Cardwell
What We Carry: A Memoir by Maya Shanbhag Lang
The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham
Video episode of: Birds of America with Jason Ward – Drew Lanham: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers
Vanity Fair article: “How Am I Going to Be Perceived as a Black Man With Binoculars?”: J. Drew Lanham on Christian Cooper and Rules for the Black Birdwatcher by Dan Adler
The Tradition by Jericho Brown
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 edited by Kevin Young and Michael S. Glaser
The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir by Sara Seager
The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers by Emily Levesque
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love & Fallout by Lauren Redniss
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs
Mari’s Picks
Raise Your Hand by Alice Paul Tapper, illustrated by Marta Kissi
Count Me In by Varsha Bajaj
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Three Keys by Kelly Yang - to be released 9-15-2020
Lift by Minh Lê & Dan Sansat
The Do-Over by Jennifer Honeybourn
Early Departures by Justin A. Reynolds (YA) (holdable soon)
Sliding Doors (featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah) (in hoopla)
Jessica’s Picks
Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream by Mychal Denzel Smith
Drawn Together by Minh Lê and Dan Santat
Green Lantern: Legacy by Minh Lê & Andie Tong
The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon