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The longform book reviews on bookscover2cover combine a narrative, descriptive, and analytical style to persuade readers to read the book.  The books are chosen for complexity, relevance, value, and style.

The Fire Next Time

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"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” - W.E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folks “Color is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.” - James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time by ...

The Warmth of Other Suns

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They made the crossing at the border city of Washington, D.C., where they took their pictures to verify they were free from the “man-made pestilence of the Southern caste system.”  On the railroad lines delivering them to their destinations—Chicago, ...

Tiger and Clay – Syria Fragments

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“There are memories for which we can live more than a life time.” —Brother of Rana Abdulfattah Photographs over the past several years have shown migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea, some of them dying as they flee war, ...

The Longest War

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Consider 9/11 and the Arab Spring of 2011 as opposing bookends to a decade of repression, fear, and fetishized violence. 9/11—the worst terrorist attack on United States soil—killed nearly 3,000 people, and the United States faced unprecedented ...

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