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Bakari Kitwana’s latest book explores hip hop’s crossover appeal, but pegs some unrealistic expectations on the art form’s ability to address social issues across race and class boundaries. |
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By Michelle L Caswell / Chicago
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Sunday, December 4, 2005 |
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Zadie Smith’s latest novel, On Beauty, is many things. Chief among them: an homage to differences. |
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By Nicole Marie Pezold / Brooklyn, New York
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Sunday, December 4, 2005 |
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Chango’s Fire takes on gentrification and a clash of cultures in East Harlem. |
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By David Holtzman / Montclair, New Jersey
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Sunday, December 4, 2005 |
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Coming to grips with persecution, one Jew at a time.
Winner of BEST OF OFF THE SHELF (SO FAR) for “Strangers in a strange land”
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By Laura Nathan / Buffalo, New York
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Sunday, December 4, 2005 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, November 2, 2007 )
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A trip Beyond the Down Low offers an honest look at stereotypes about sex and sexuality in Black America. |
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By JDGuilford / New York
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Sunday, November 20, 2005 |
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Best of OFF THE SHELF 2005
Four generations of Chinese women battle and bend to the cultural restrictions that ensure all women know their place in Irene Kai’s first book, The Golden Mountain. |
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By Laura Madeline Wiseman / Tucson, Arizona
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Sunday, October 2, 2005 |
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Challenging current attempts at obfuscation and oversimplification, Sonia Shah’s Crude: The Story of Oil tackles an issue that has fueled society, politics, and environmental destruction for over 100 years. |
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By Claire McKinney / Austin, Texas
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Sunday, February 6, 2005 |
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Does democracy matter? Philosopher Cornel West returns to the beginning of the great American experiment to find the answer. |
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Sunday, December 19, 2004 |
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An excerpt on the inequalities and injustices of the American penal system from Poli-Tainment, a resource guide for activists. |
By Opio Sokoni / Portland, Oregon
Illustrated by Richard Tenorio / Malden, Massachusetts
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Tuesday, November 2, 2004 |
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