Past Reads
The Round House by An Ojibwe boy and his friends help his father, a tribal judge, get answers and find justice for a violent attack against his mother.
Ojibwe, Native American Stories, Violence Against Women, Disparity in Justice and Policing, Social Justice, Tribal Courts
The Book of Unknown Americans by Immigrants from across Central America find community, experience anti-immigrant harassment, and struggle to make the best life possible for themselves in the United States.
Immigrant Stories, Disability, Hispanic Stories, Latinx Stories, Xenophobia, Central and North American History
Somebody's Daughter by Ford's memoir about healing and growth in relationship to others and herself, particularly after challenging revelations about her father who was incarcerated most of her life.
African American Stories, Incarcerated Stories, Sexual Assault, Parental Trauma, Friendship, Romantic Relationships, Love, Self-Love
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by A semi-autobiographical novel following a young Vietnamese boy, teen, then young man as he navigates racism, unresolved familial trauma, poverty, and his burgeoning homosexuality in a small town hit hard by the decline of manufacturing and the opioid crisis.
Vietnamese American Stories, LGBTQ+ Stories, The Vietnam War, Homophobia
Days of Distraction by A young Asian American woman's burgeoning racial consciousness causes inner and outer turmoil in her otherwise featureless, bland, safe life with her white boyfriend after moving cross-country.
Asian American Stories, Whiteness, Microaggressions, Identity, Racism, Relationships
Whipping Girl by Scholar Julia Serano unpacks our entrenched biases and cultural story about womanhood and femininity and why maintaining rigid conceptions of gender harms us all.
Transgender Women, Gender Transition, Gender Roles, Gender Essentialism, Socialization, Transmisogyny, Feminism
On the Come Up by The story of an aspiring rapper, daughter to a rap artist who lost his life in a gang-related shooting, balancing high school, friends, her family's financial struggles, and the rap career she needs to take off so she and her family can have a different life.
Racism, Gang Violence, Rapping, Rap Battle, Cycles of Poverty, Racial Profiling, Friendship, First Love
Another Appalachia by A memoir in which the author shares vignettes from her life, from childhood to adulthood, as the child of Indian immigrants who grew up in West Virginia.
Appalachia, Identity, Homophobia, Racism, Hinduism
