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4 Articles Tagged Race

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July 13 2022

Carmen Rita Wong, author of Why Didn’t You Tell Me?, on Identity, Race, Culture & Belonging

In her memoir, Why Didn’t You Tell Me?, Carmen Rita Wong contends with questions of culture, race, family, and belonging, from the Harlem and Chinatown of her childhood to the almost exclusively white playgrounds of New Hampshire following her mother’s remarriage. Following Carmen from her coming of age through adulthood, when her mother’s long-held secrets

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Carmen Rita Wong, author of Why Didn’t You Tell Me?, on Identity, Race, Culture & Belonging

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July 13 2022
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August 3 2020

Riverhead Recommends: Black Voices for First-Year Reading

Founded in 1994, Riverhead Books publishes bestselling literary fiction and quality nonfiction. Throughout its history, Riverhead has been dedicated to publishing extraordinary groundbreaking, unique writers including Danielle Evans, Danzy Senna, and James McBride. Collected here are some works from Black writers published by Riverhead. Their stories articulate the Black experience in America and give voice

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Riverhead Recommends: Black Voices for First-Year Reading

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August 3 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

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January 16 2020
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November 16 2015

“Genius” Grant Winner Matthew Desmond on Eviction, Poverty and Profit in the American City

By Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Crown, March 2016) I began this project because I wanted to write a different kind of book about poverty in America. Instead of focusing exclusively on poor people or poor places, I began searching for a process that involved poor and well-off

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“Genius” Grant Winner Matthew Desmond on Eviction, Poverty and Profit in the American City

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November 16 2015
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