Nonfiction
After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made, hosted by Charlotte Worsley, Assistant Head of School for Student Lifeby Ben Rhodes
genre: politics
“America has an opportunity to step back into history as a nation with a new understanding of how to improve upon the world we made. To do so, we have to re-create an identity that draws on our better history as a nation of outsiders, reflexively distrustful of power, joined together to do big things, united by a set of principles that allows each of us to be whoever we want to be regardless of tribe. After the fall, we must determine what it means to be American again.” - Ben Rhodes
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, hosted by Green TeamBy Ayana E. Johnson & Katherine K. Wilkinson
genre: environment
All We Can Save is an anthology of writings by 60 women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward...Curated by two climate leaders, this book is a collection and celebration of visionaries who are leading us on a path toward all we can save. (allwecansave.earth)
Conversations with People Who Hate Me, hosted by Julian Morris, Englishby Dylan Marron
genre: nonfiction
In an internet era characterized by comment section wars, devastating clapbacks, and anonymous vitriol, Dylan Marron explores what happens when online feuders step out from behind the keyboard and get to know the human on the other side of the screen. Join Dylan as he connects people who have clashed online – from old friends to complete strangers — to explore why we believe what we believe, how we relate to each other on the internet, and just what a phone call can accomplish. (dylanmarron.com)
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, hosted by Bethany Hellerich, Urban X Labsby Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
genre: memoir
"As a Black Jewish person who was socially assigned female at birth, I wasn’t supposed to become a theoretical physicist. Jewish women are familiar with this phenomenon, after having been locked out of the rabbinate for centuries. While theoretical physicists, like Rabbis, get to think about exciting questions regarding the origins of spacetime, gatekeeping impacts who gets to be in the room, calculating. Here is how I’ve come to better understand the way patriarchy has shaped my life." - Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Educated, hosted by Paris and Halle, Library Leadersby Tara Westover
genre: memoir
Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag". In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties. (Goodreads)
hosted by Sylvia H., Library Leader
Ever wonder what it’s like to live on another planet? This podcast takes us to a simulated Mars mission inside a dome in an isolated part of Hawaii. Discover what it’s like to live with real people in a very different world, where everything needs to be controlled and precise. Six HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) IV members, embark on this year-long scientific social experiment. Observe how people interact in an extremely foreign environment.
Hood Feminism, hosted by Courtney Rein, Englishby Mikki Kendall
genre: essays
In this searing collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement, arguing it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Drawing on her own experiences with hunger, violence, and hypersexualization, along with incisive commentary on politics, pop culture, the stigma of mental health, and more, Hood Feminism delivers an irrefutable indictment of a movement in flux. (mikkikendall.com)
Period: Twelve Voices Tell the Bloody Truth, hosted by Scarlett H. and HIPEEdited by Kate Farrell
genre: nonfiction
Periods enter the spotlight in this essay collection that raises a variety of voices on a topic long shrouded in shame and secrecy. In this collection, writers of various ages and across racial, cultural, and gender identities share stories about the period. Each of our twelve authors brings an individual perspective and sensibility. They write about homeless periods, nonexistent periods, male periods, political periods, and more. Told with warmth and humor, these essays celebrate all kinds of period experiences. Periods are a fact of life. It's time to talk about them. (us.macmillan.com) We invite students of all genders to read this book!
Salt Fat Acid Heat, hosted by Danica Gakovich, Spanishby Samin Nosrat
genre: cookbook
Chef and writer Samin Nosrat has taught everyone from professional chefs to middle school kids to author Michael Pollan to cook using her revolutionary, yet simple, philosophy. Master the use of just four elements — Salt, which enhances flavor; Fat, which delivers flavor and generates texture; Acid, which balances flavor; and Heat, which ultimately determines the texture of food — and anything you cook will be delicious. (powells.com)
