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The cover of Deadpan by Tina Post features a Black person holding a paper bag in front of their face. On the paper bag are two holes that look like eyes.

Congratulations to Tina Post!

Her book Deadpan: The Aesthetics of Black Inexpression has won the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. Deadpan explores expressionlessness, inscrutability, and emotional withholding in Black cultural production.

Cover of "Are You Calling Me a Racist?" Why We Need to Stop Talking about Race and Start Making Real Antiracist Change by Sarita Srivastava

NEW: "Are You Calling Me a Racist?" by Sarita Srivastava

“The book very clearly distills and, in an accessible style, explores all the things that are problematic with DEI training. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries.” ~Booklist, STARRED

A blue book cover with white font reading, "Before the Badge: How Academy Training Shapes Police Violence" by Samantha J. Simon.

NEW: Before the Badge by Samantha J. Simon

“[A] blistering debut study… posits that these training programs make police abuse an inevitability. Readers will come away aghast at the scope of the problem. This trenchant study of the institutional origins of police violence deserves a wide readership.” ~Publishers Weekly, STARRED

Beyond Healing: An Interview with L. Ayu Saraswati, author of Scarred: A Feminist Journey Through Pain
To Have Equal Pay, We Need Equal Parental Leave
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