Community Voices & Perspectives

A memoir about the power of race to share one’s personal identity, the daughter of Jewish father and African-American mother recalls her confusing but rewarding life lived between two conflicting ethnic identities. 

Asian Americans inhabit a purgatorial status: neither white nor Black, unmentioned in most conversations about racial identity. Minor Feelings is a portrait of one Asian American psyche--and of a writer’s search to both uncover the truth.

Jewish women were undeniably instrumental in shaping the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Yet historians and participants themselves have overlooked their contributions as Jews-until now.

When Sharmila Sen emigrated from India to the U.S she was frequently asked to self-report her race. Part memoir, part manifesto, Not Quite Not White is a story of discovering that not-whiteness can be the very thing that makes us American.
 

Two teenagers at the time of the Normandy invasion in 1944 are friends but they are divided by the same thing that unites them--their faith. Danny is an Hasidic Jew, brought up by an ultra-orthodox rabbi. Reuven, on the other hand, has been brought up by his secular scholar father.

Ambitious, intimate, and incisive, Concepcion explores what it might mean to reckon with the unjust legacy of imperialism, to live with contradiction and hope, to fight for the unrealized ideals of an inherited homeland.

A singular scholar who has influenced multiple fields and inspired countless educators around the world, Diana Eck is widely respected for her scholarship and her innovative approach. This volume embraces her dialogical approach and places her in conversation with friends and field-builders, emerging and established scholars, as well as religious and civic leaders.

Partisanship is up, trust is down, and our social media feeds make us sure we’re right and everyone else is ignorant. But avoiding one another is hurting our relationships and our society. Journalist Mónica Guzmán is the liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted--twice--for Donald Trump. She sets out to find what was blinding us and discovered the most eye-opening tool we’re not using: our own curiosity.

Khalil Abdur-Rashid explores the profound impact of Malcolm X’s conversion to Islam on American society, examining how Malcolm X’s in influence helped shape Islam as an integral part of America’s diverse landscape, particularly within the African American community. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the rich history and cultural significance of Islam in America.

The seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the gargantuan powers of imagination, intelligence, and style of one of the greatest writers of this or any other century. Borges sends us on a journey into a compelling, bizarre, and profoundly resonant realm. To enter the worlds in Ficciones is to enter the mind of Jorge Luis Borges, wherein lies Heaven, Hell, and everything in between.