Amardeep Singh Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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He/his. Professor of English, @LehighEnglish. @electrostani.bsky.social
Recitatif: A Story
Toni MorrisonAmardeep SinghStarting my teaching semester with Toni Morrison's "Recitatif" tomorrow. To prep, I've been researching anti-busing protests from the mid-1970s. White families saw the issue as their "civil rights struggle," as per the signs below. Can't help but think of "All Lives Matter"... https://t.co/sAwjkXkqM1
Hardcover, 2022
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Gun Island
Amitav GhoshAmardeep SinghI wasn't sure how my students would react to Amitav Ghosh's "Gun Island"... such a complex book! Looking at papers they wrote, I see it was highly effective at getting them to think about the centrality of *belief* in responding to climate change. Science & data are not enough.
Paperback, 2020
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bluest Eye
Toni MorrisonAmardeep SinghGrading papers & a student pulled this stunning quote from "The Bluest Eye" that I never really 'got' before: “Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly”-Toni Morrison
Paperback, 2007
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Continental Drift
Russell BanksAmardeep Singh“Go, my book, and help destroy the world as it is.” — Russell Banks, “Continental Drift.” RIP
Paperback, 2007
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Happy to Be Nappy
Bell HooksAmardeep SinghAnother interesting bell hooks tidbit: did you know she wrote a whole slew of children's books? Here are some of the titles: "Happy to be Nappy" "Skin Again" "Be Boy Buzz" "Homemade Love"
Board Book, 2017
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Jazz
Toni MorrisonAmardeep SinghNew short essay on Toni Morrison’s Jazz. https://t.co/MhKT5CvUy6
Paperback, 2004
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Margaret Garner: Opera Vocal Score
Toni MorrisonAmardeep Singh@michaelharriot Interesting trivia: Toni Morrison came across the story of Margaret Garner -- the inspiration for "Beloved" -- while working on the research for The Black Book. The Black Book also has clippings on the all-Black towns in Oklahoma that later inspired the setting of "Paradise"!
Paperback, 2016
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Be Boy Buzz
Bell HooksAmardeep SinghAnother interesting bell hooks tidbit: did you know she wrote a whole slew of children's books? Here are some of the titles: "Happy to be Nappy" "Skin Again" "Be Boy Buzz" "Homemade Love"
Board Book, 2016
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San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities
Michael ShellenbergerAmardeep Singh@jmjafrx I'm not saying he's wrong out of the gate, but I would be cautious about trusting the author of "San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities" without double-checking everything he says first.
Hardcover, 2021
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Harlem Shadows: The Poems of Claude Mckay
Claude McKayAmardeep SinghI am not going to be at MSA in Portland this year (#MSA22?), but I noted the conference's topic -- 1922. Apt! It was the year of Claude McKay's "Harlem Shadows" and Georgia Johnson's "Bronze." (Here is the talk I would be giving if I were there.) https://t.co/BaX3iumzZu https://t.co/5snzJ9yg1F
Paperback, 2018
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