First Ladies
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Follow Up
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
Nonfiction in the News
The Inside Story of the Banning of “Maus.” It’s Dumber Than You Think. [Mother Jones]
How to Fight Books Bans and Challenges [Book Riot]
How to Use FOIA [Book Riot]
Claire Foy To Star in ‘An Ugly Truth’ Adaptation [Kirkus Reviews]
New Nonfiction
Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream by Tiffanie Drayton
Woodsqueer: Crafting a Sustainable Rural Life by Gretchen Legler
The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao
Catch the Sparrow: A Search for a Sister and the Truth of Her Murder by Rachel Rear
Weekly Theme: First Ladies
First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower
Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady by Susan Quinn
Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own by Veronica Chambers
The Adams Women: Abigail and Louisa Adams, Their Sisters and Daughters by Paul C. Nagel
Reading Now
KIM: No Cure for Being Human: (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler
ALICE: Letters to a Young Poet by Rilke
CONCLUSION
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