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            17 Articles Categorized Under First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography

            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography First-Year Reading: Social Justice
            October 19 2020

            You’re Invited: Join Us for a Big Ideas Night on the Crucial, Timely Topic of Criminal Justice Reform

            Join us on Wednesday, October 21 at 8:00 PM ET on Zoom for a crucial, timely Big Ideas Night on Criminal Justice Reform with a panel of expert authors: Brittany K. Barnett, attorney, entrepreneur, and author of A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom; Emily Bazelon, New York Times Magazine staff writer and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End

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            You’re Invited: Join Us for a Big Ideas Night on the Crucial, Timely Topic of Criminal Justice Reform

            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography First-Year Reading: Social Justice
            October 19 2020
            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography First-Year Reading: Science & Technology
            April 28 2020

            Restorative ocean farmer Bren Smith discusses the future of food through creating a sustainable environment

            Bren Smith, author of Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures Farming the Ocean to Fight Climate Change and executive director of Greenwave gives an inside view of the process of ocean farming and its potential to save the planet in two informative videos. In “This Incredible underwater farm could be the future of food” produced

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            Restorative ocean farmer Bren Smith discusses the future of food through creating a sustainable environment

            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography First-Year Reading: Science & Technology
            April 28 2020
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            January 16 2020

            Inside the Book: Not Quite Not White by Sharmila Sen

            Author Sharmila Sen discusses the process of assimilation and the significance of race in America. About Not Quite Not White: Winner of the ALA Asian/Pacific American Award for Nonfiction At the age of 12, Sharmila Sen emigrated from India to the U.S. The year was 1982, and everywhere she turned, she was asked to self-report her

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            Inside the Book: Not Quite Not White by Sharmila Sen

            Community & School Reads Adults: Memoir & Biography First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            January 16 2020
            First-Year Reading: Inspiration First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            August 22 2019

            Eleven “Notes” of Wisdom from author Kwame Onwuachi

            By the time he was twenty-seven, Kwame Onwuachi had competed on Top Chef, cooked at the White House, and opened and closed one of the most talked about restaurants in America. Despite his young age, his success wasn’t won overnight: working in Manhattan, he was forced to grapple with just how unwelcoming the world of

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            Eleven “Notes” of Wisdom from author Kwame Onwuachi

            First-Year Reading: Inspiration First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            August 22 2019
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            First-Year Reading: Inspiration First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            May 8 2019

            FROM THE PAGE: Call Me American

            Introduced to American movies and pop music while growing up in Somalia, Abdi Nor Iftin fell in love with the idea of America long before he could find the country on a map. As the Somali Civil War broke out, Abdi grew desensitized to the violence around him: avoiding gunfire during his daily trip to

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            FROM THE PAGE: Call Me American

            First-Year Reading: Inspiration First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            May 8 2019
            First-Year Reading: Inspiration First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            March 12 2019

            SALT IN MY SOUL: AN UNFINISHED LIFE by Mallory Smith

            “I have a strong urge to write something that will change people. I want to create a piece so moving that people are in disbelief. And I want it to be like handing people a pair of glasses, giving them a way of seeing something they didn’t even realize they weren’t seeing.” —Mallory Smith   Salt

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            SALT IN MY SOUL: AN UNFINISHED LIFE by Mallory Smith

            First-Year Reading: Inspiration First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            March 12 2019
            Community & School Reads Kids: Biography & Autobiography Community & School Reads Kids: Nonfiction First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            September 18 2018

            The message of JUST MERCY adapted for young readers

            Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy has a powerful message and is a frequent choice for first year and community-wide reading programs. In his book, the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative delves deep into the broken U.S. justice system, detailing his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America’s

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            The message of JUST MERCY adapted for young readers

            Community & School Reads Kids: Biography & Autobiography Community & School Reads Kids: Nonfiction First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            September 18 2018
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            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            August 15 2018

            UNCENSORED: Read an Excerpt from Zachary R. Wood’s Memoir

            Zachary Wood explains why he invites white supremacy apologists to his campus in this selection from UNCENSORED, excerpted at The Guardian.

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            UNCENSORED: Read an Excerpt from Zachary R. Wood’s Memoir

            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            August 15 2018
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            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            August 9 2018

            Tara Westover Talks to Students and Teachers about Education: Watch Now!

            Tara Westover speaks to students and teachers at the Academy of American Studies in Long island City, NY, about her memoir, EDUCATED.

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            Tara Westover Talks to Students and Teachers about Education: Watch Now!

            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            August 9 2018
            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            August 1 2018

            BOY ERASED Trailer Released from Focus Features: Watch Now!

            Watch Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe in the new BOY ERASED trailer. Written for the screen and directed by Joel Edgerton, the film is based on Garrard Conley’s memoir.

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            BOY ERASED Trailer Released from Focus Features: Watch Now!

            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            August 1 2018
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            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            October 18 2017

            Garrard Conley on Finding One’s Own Identity in America (VIDEO)

            Garrard Conley, author of Boy Erased, talks to Signature about finding his identity in small-town America, surviving gay conversion therapy, and being part of the LGBTQ community in today’s political climate.

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            Garrard Conley on Finding One’s Own Identity in America (VIDEO)

            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            October 18 2017
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            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            July 10 2017

            BOY ERASED Film to Star Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe

            Boy Erased will star a number of notable actors, both seasoned and new. Lucas Hedges, who appeared in the Oscar-nominated Manchester by the Sea, will star as the film’s young protagonist along with Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe as author Garrard Conley’s parents.

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            BOY ERASED Film to Star Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe

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            July 10 2017
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