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Top Ten Tuesday4 comments

gglitz4 wrote 1 week ago: Click the pic to visit The Broke and the Bookish   This is a weekly meme brought to you by the … more →

Tags: Top Ten Tuesday, Alan Brennert, Mary Higgins Clark, Sara Gruen, top ten tuesday, v c andrews

Warmth of Other Suns

Jeff wrote 2 weeks ago: Living in this county is amazing.  There have been any number of wonderful and surprising events and … more →

Tags: Warmth of Other Suns, Howard County Library, History, Books, Reading

What Ted O'Brien Is Reading

M.E. Riley wrote 3 weeks ago: 73 books last year alone, and he’s on track for more in 2013. Ted O’Brien isn’t ju … more →

Tags: Fiction, What We're Reading, fiction (2), What We're Reading 2, nonfiction, Read, faulkner, Ted O'Brien, jennifer egan

The Warmth Of Other Suns By Isabel Wilkerson

gglitz4 wrote 1 month ago: Written By Isabel Wilkerson Published October 4th 2011 by Vintage Read the synopsis at goodreads I r … more →

Tags: Book Review, African-American, discussion, Non-Fiction, "The Warmth of Other Suns", The Great Migration, Jim Crow

WWW Wednesday 1 comment

gglitz4 wrote 1 month ago: This is a meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading visit and see what other awesome things are going … more →

Tags: WWW Wednesday, meme, Books, Harper Lee, Charlotte Bronte, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jane Eyre, Michelle Richmond, Half of a Yellow Sun

A Quote on America's Racial Problem

racetracks wrote 2 months ago: On America’s Race Problem: “No group in our population is less responsible for its existence. … more →

Tags: Quotes

Chicago Library's 'One Book, One Chicago' Program To Go Year-Round1 comment

Todd Feurer wrote 2 months ago: CHICAGO (CBS) – The city’s popular “One Book, One Chicago” book club at the Chicago Public Lib … more →

Tags: watch & listen, News, Local, Entertainment, Heard On WBBM 780, Syndicated Local, Craig Dellimore, At Issue, Chicago Public Library

Chicago picks The Warmth of Other Suns for One Book, One Chicago

rhacademic wrote 2 months ago:  The Chicago Public Library has chosen The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson as the One Book, … more →

Tags: one book, One Book One Community Adoptions, Announcements, "The Warmth of Other Suns"

'The Warmth of Other Suns' chosen for city book program

readthinkwriteteach wrote 2 months ago: “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” by Isabel … more →

Tags: african-american books, "The Warmth of Other Suns"

Seeking freedom in a new land

philebersole wrote 2 months ago: A wise friend of mine once said that immigration is what defines and renews the United States.  Virt … more →

Tags: History, Race and Racism, Great Migration, Warmth of Other Suns, Black Migration

A 20th century underground railroad

philebersole wrote 2 months ago: I have been reading The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, the … more →

Tags: History, Race and Racism, Arrington High, Black Migration, Great Migration, Political Prisoners, Underground Railroad, Warmth of Other Suns

How to be "There" ("Telling True Stories," Pt. II)

Will Brunelle wrote 2 months ago: (From Wendy Call’s personal website) The second section of Mark Kramer and Wendy Call’s  … more →

Tags: Jacqui Banaszynski, mark kramer, Wendy Call, Gay Talese, " Telling True Stories, Journalism, Lane DeGregory, Jan Winburn, Adam Hochschild

Oscars and Much More!

Leticia del Monte wrote 2 months ago: Rookie Oscar Host Seth MacFarlane Lives Up to Provocative Image(Reuters) Rookie Oscar host Seth MacF … more →

Tags: Latest News, Media Post, Google, Academy Award, YouTube, Oscar, New York Times, Pulitzer Prize

Harlem Renaissance

lrtrovi wrote 3 months ago: I stumbled upon a great book while browsing at the library: The Power of Pride – Stylemakers a … more →

Tags: Book Review, book, Book, walter white, Zora Neale Hurston, A'lelia Walker, James Weldon Johnson, ethel waters, louis armstrong

Isabel Wilkerson braves the cold

savbookfest wrote 3 months ago: … more →

Tags: savannah book festival

The American Case Against a Black Middle Class l TA-NEHISI COATES l The Atlantic2 comments

Janice Graham wrote 3 months ago: The American Case Against a Black Middle Class TA-NEHISI COATES  JAN 22 2013  I went on a Twitter ra … more →

Tags: Reading and Book Reviews and Recommendations, Literature, Journalism and Black Writers, Black History, Black Culture, housing, Race, Government Policies, "The Warmth of Other Suns", Ta-Neshi Coates

January 31, 2013

spsuvpaa wrote 3 months ago: THE WEEKLY BLAB Volume 7, Issue 20 – January 31, 2013   Fire and Ice The weather has been crazy late … more →

Tags: "The Warmth of Other Suns", Robert Frost, Black Migration, Future Cities

Read Well: MLK Day Edition

Natalie wrote 4 months ago: Hey everyone! Just stopping in briefly on this long holiday weekend with some recommended reading wh … more →

Tags: Other, San Francisco, "The Warmth of Other Suns", Martin Luther King Jr., MLK Day

My 5 Favorite Books of 2012

David Swanson wrote 4 months ago: During the year I collect a list of the books I read and then, in a completely unscientific process, … more →

Tags: book, Book Reviews, Book Review, Books, Jacques Ellul, James K. A. Smith, Roger Ebert, south side chicago


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