NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #78 of #GMGReads. Every night through this (increasingly) weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
As I begin the *fourth* month of #GMGReads tonight, I'm just sick for America—there's so much sadness and pain across the US in so many cities I hold dear. It's hard to know where to begin. Tonight, I want to feature books about America's long debate over equality and justice...
I'd also encourage you to shop tonight at Fulton Street Books (@fultonstreet918), a black-owned bookstore working to improve intergenerational literacy in Tulsa. You can go there and get any of tonight's books—or any book—through @Bookshop_Org: fultonstreet918.com
1) Two books on the challenges and vision of the Constitution, Ganesh Sitaraman's (@GaneshSitaraman) THE CRISIS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS CONSTITUTION bookshop.org/books/the-cris… and Akhil Reed Amar's AMERICA'S CONSTITUTION: A BIOGRAPHY. bookshop.org/books/america-…
2) Eric Foner's classic THE STORY OF AMERICAN FREEDOM: bookshop.org/books/the-stor…
3) Tony Horwitz's history of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and his attempt to jumpstart the war to free the slaves, MIDNIGHT RISING: bookshop.org/books/midnight…
PS: I haven't read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's (@chimamandareal) THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK, about learning the limits and promise of America as an immigrant, but it fits with the theme tonight too: bookshop.org/books/the-thin…
4) Few reporters have covered the current moment as well—or driven as much progress through their own work—as Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery), who chronicled Black Lives Matter in THEY CAN'T KILL US ALL: bookshop.org/books/they-can…
5) Richard Wright's novel NATIVE SON broke new ground when it was published and remains a classic today: bookshop.org/books/native-s…
PS: I also featured Michelle Alexander's THE NEW JIM CROW the other night, but the endorsement bears repeating:
Those are tonight's #GMGReads. What are your favorite books on social justice? Share! I'll order a couple through Fulton Street Books tonight. #avidreadersunite
