tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post145392940504895694..comments2023-09-20T17:55:43.908-05:00Comments on BookLust: #Diversiverse Genre Spotlight: Non-FictionAartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-81112803463190312342014-07-23T04:57:19.382-05:002014-07-23T04:57:19.382-05:00Thank you so much for this - it's really usefu...Thank you so much for this - it's really useful. Here are a couple more books I've heard good things about or enjoyed:<br /><br />- The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story by Hanan Al-Shaykh <br />- Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi<br />- A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached<br />- All About Love by bell hooks (and pretty much all her books)<br />- An Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire by Arundhati RoyAna S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-65631199124355433012014-07-22T15:02:32.099-05:002014-07-22T15:02:32.099-05:00Love these lists -- thanks so much for making them...Love these lists -- thanks so much for making them! I've heard really great things about Dayo Olopade's The Bright Continent, for your Africa list. Also for the social behavior list, I've had my eye on a book called Blind Spot, which is coauthored by an Indian-American scholar. And for Asia, Tamim Ansary's Game Without Rules is a really friendly and accessible history of modern Afghanistan.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-66628683607731599352014-07-21T15:51:56.666-05:002014-07-21T15:51:56.666-05:00Yeah, I'll bet it's easier for you to find...Yeah, I'll bet it's easier for you to find POC memoirs than most of the other genres, based on what you've told me of your library. I don't know the Oufkir one, what is that?Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-46531386454493175332014-07-21T15:51:19.950-05:002014-07-21T15:51:19.950-05:00Thanks, Andi :-) I figure if I'm going to con...Thanks, Andi :-) I figure if I'm going to convince people, I should overwhelm them with the magnitude of options available.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-5422861561821531592014-07-21T15:50:40.135-05:002014-07-21T15:50:40.135-05:00Thanks - will add those to the list later this wee...Thanks - will add those to the list later this week.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-3297759552459561602014-07-21T15:50:28.757-05:002014-07-21T15:50:28.757-05:00Thank you! And thanks, too, for focusing on the n...Thank you! And thanks, too, for focusing on the non-immigrant/race-focused books, too. I know those are important, but they are easy to find and the ones above are probably not.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-64280488401476341572014-07-21T15:30:47.800-05:002014-07-21T15:30:47.800-05:00Hm...if I could a good memoir. I have read these a...Hm...if I could a good memoir. I have read these awesome ones, I never read part 2 of the Oufkir oneBlodeueddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-22489802878630222992014-07-21T13:53:19.149-05:002014-07-21T13:53:19.149-05:00Brilllliant to highlight specific genres! Love thi...Brilllliant to highlight specific genres! Love this. Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-77207004180816443602014-07-21T10:47:21.768-05:002014-07-21T10:47:21.768-05:00Neil deGrasse Tyson has a couple of books as well....Neil deGrasse Tyson has a couple of books as well.Akilahhttp://theenglishist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-60337194718030455292014-07-21T09:59:33.490-05:002014-07-21T09:59:33.490-05:00I need to look at my tbr list for books to suggest...I need to look at my tbr list for books to suggesting in econ and social behavior. L.A. Son is a fantastic cookbook. Some people won't like all the swearing though. <br /><br />Some recommendations:<br />The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8. Lee (food and culture)<br />Lives of the Boundary by Mike Rose (education)<br />Cooking with Amar'e (cookbook)<br />Multiplication is for White People by Lisa Delpit (education)<br />Take This Man by Brando Skyhorse (memoir)<br />March by John Robert Lewis (graphic novel/civil rights)<br />Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson<br />Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay<br />Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.com