Julie Armstrong @juliearmstrong.bsky.social 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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Writes/edits books on civil rights literature + pedagogy. Out now: Learning from Birmingham @UnivofALPress. #NYU grad, #USF prof, opinions my own
Sula
Toni MorrisonJulie Armstrong @juliearmstrong.bsky.social@jgriffingraham Going back in time, Edith Wharton’s “Roman Fever.” Also Toni Morrison’s Sula has many levels.
Hardcover, 2002
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White
Lila Quintero WeaverJulie Armstrong @juliearmstrong.bsky.social@historygal517 @Lady_Historian A small, lovely graphic narrative: Lila Quintero Weaver’s Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White, about coming of age in Alabama in the 60s. Has excellent civil rights movement connections.
Paperback, 2012
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Time
Charles MorganJulie Armstrong @juliearmstrong.bsky.social#OTD 9.16.63 Birmingham attorney Charles Morgan condemned white complicity in the previous day’s church bombing in his speech, “A Time to Speak.” Check it out here: https://t.co/GExfyXhf46
Paperback, 2020
$16.98Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Spike Lee: That's My Story and I'm Sticking to It
Spike LeeJulie Armstrong @juliearmstrong.bsky.socialAlmost any film by Spike Lee (below, Samuel L. Jackson as Mr. Señor Love Daddy in Do the Right Thing, 1989) 4/6 https://t.co/NbX3gWZjV2
Paperback, 2006
$27.95Member price:$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Time to Speak: The Story of a Young American Lawyer's Struggle for His City--And Himself
Charles MorganJulie Armstrong @juliearmstrong.bsky.social#OTD 9.16.63 Birmingham attorney Charles Morgan condemned white complicity in the previous day’s church bombing in his speech, “A Time to Speak.” Check it out here: https://t.co/GExfyXhf46
Paperback, 2022
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
Janisse RayJulie Armstrong @juliearmstrong.bsky.social@AlisonStine Janisse Ray, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (American Book Award winner)
Paperback, 2015
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Native Son
Richard Nathaniel WrightJulie Armstrong @juliearmstrong.bsky.socialThe idea of waking up/opening one's eyes has a long literary/cultural history, including the 1st lines of Richard Wright's Native Son, the 1st scene of Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun, and of course . . . 3/6
Hardcover, 2023
$37.45Member price:$18.73 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Transcendent Kingdom: A Read with Jenna Pick
Yaa GyasiJulie Armstrong @juliearmstrong.bsky.social@Chris_Levesque_ End/ Yaa Gyasi’s novel Transcendent Kingdom touches on this topic. Religious teen becomes Ivy League scientist and learns to reconcile faith + reason.
Paperback, 2021
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Song of Solomon
Toni MorrisonJulie Armstrong @juliearmstrong.bsky.social@EveKoguce BS: Toni Morrison was past novel 3 (Song of Solomon) before thinking of herself as a writer.
Paperback, 2004
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation
Eric DeggansJulie Armstrong @juliearmstrong.bsky.social@WalterDGreason @MartyOlliff A good book on this is @Deggans Race Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation https://t.co/kWwRcI6LKG
Hardcover, 2012
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book