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How to Say Babylon

A Memoir

Themes: Coming-of-Age, African American

With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father’s strict patriarchal views and repressive control of her childhood, to find her own voice as a woman and poet.

Class

A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education

Themes: Society, Identity, Overcoming Life's Challenges

From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner—a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid.

Our Hidden Conversations

What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

Themes: Identity, Society

The prompt seemed simple: Race. Your Story. Six Words. Please Send.

The answers, though, have been challenging and complicated. In the twelve years since award-winning journalist Michele Norris first posed that question, over half a million people have submitted their stories to The Race Card Project inbox. The stories are shocking in their depth and candor, spanning the full spectrum of race, ethnicity, identity, and class. Even at just six words, the micro-essays can pack quite a punch, revealing, fear, pain, triumph, and sometimes humor.

Our Hidden Conversations reminds us that even during times of great division, honesty, grace, and a willing ear can provide a bridge toward empathy and maybe even understanding.

Featured Authors

Jennifer De Leon

Food, Environment, & Sustainability

Immigrant Experience and Diversity