Dr. Lisa Munro 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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PhD, historian, writer, Latin America, returned Peace Corps volunteer (Guatemala, 04-06), #adoptee, #studyabroad & intellectual dilettante. Nachos. She/her/Dr.
The Candy House
Jennifer EganDr. Lisa Munro@u_go_grls The Candy House by Jennifer Egan. I finally got it from the library after being on the waiting list foreverrrrrrrrrrrr
Paperback, 2023
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Black Cake: A Read with Jenna Pick
Charmaine WilkersonDr. Lisa Munro@emersoninaglass This one is Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, which started out as a story about a Jamaican family's history and is now all about the adoption plot and eventual reunion with the lost child.
Paperback, 2022
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
James W. LoewenDr. Lisa Munro@SMRing40 I still have a soft spot for Zinn's A People's History. Also James Loewen Lies My Teacher Told Me. Both got me interested in histories that break with conventional narratives.
Paperback, 2018
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Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
Sidney W. MintzDr. Lisa Munro@DeetroitJenn This is Sweetness and Power by Sidney Mintz. A classic!
Paperback, 1986
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William ZinsserDr. Lisa MunroOn Writing Well, William Zinsser Not technically an academic writing book, but it always makes me want to cheer for my own writing and reminds me not to write 'numerous' when I mean 'many' and to never lose my humanity in my writing. 6/7 https://t.co/4qTqX5LLds
Paperback, 2016
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The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education
Grace LlewellynDr. Lisa Munro@KatyaRahel Correct. I hated high school and it absolutely didn't work for me. I never graduated. The Teenage Liberation Handbook (Grace Llewellyn) also makes this argument and offers ideas for actual learning.
Paperback, 2021
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Coca-Globalization: Following Soft Drinks from New York to New Guinea
R. FosterDr. Lisa Munro@JoeEdJohnson Haven't read this yet but it's on my list Coca-Globalization: Following Soft Drinks from New York to New Guinea https://t.co/pl6ft54fVP
Hardcover, 2008
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Kinship by Design: A History of Adoption in the Modern United States
Ellen HermanDr. Lisa MunroKinship by Design: A History of Adoption in the Modern United States https://t.co/Vj0mW1luav
Hardcover, 2009
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Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World
Dorothy RobertsDr. Lisa MunroTorn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World https://t.co/rw95ZE0kCf
Hardcover, 2022
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stuck with Tourism: Space, Power, and Labor in Contemporary Yucatan
Matilde Córdoba AzcárateDr. Lisa Munro@neilyoshikawa Jeez. Asking the hard questions: lately I have really liked Eating NAFTA Stuck with Tourism: Space, Power, and Labor in Contemporary Yucatan and Staging Indigeneity: Salvage Tourism and the Performance of Native American History
Paperback, 2020
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