Books By Topic

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Showing posts with label gender. Show all posts

The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, family, fiction, gender, historical, identity, love, perception/truth/subjectivity, psychology, race, search for self, social criticism

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, art, class, coping with trauma/loss, creativity, fiction, gender, identity, justice, love, mental health, morality, oppression, race, search for self, social criticism

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, class, family, fiction, gender, historical, identity, mental health, perception/truth/subjectivity, search for self

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (NON-FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: class, gender, justice, morality, non-fiction, oppression, politics, race, social criticism

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: class, gender, identity, justice, morality, non-fiction, oppression, politics, race, sexuality, social criticism

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693411-in-defense-of-witches

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, gender, historical, identity, justice, love, media, mental health, non-fiction, oppression, politics, search for self, sexuality, social criticism

The Course of Love by Alain de Botton (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27845690-the-course-of-love?from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, family, fiction, gender, identity, love, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, psychology, sexuality

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31434883-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, gender, identity, mental health, morality, search for self

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32920226-sing-unburied-sing

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, gender, identity, justice, memory, morality, oppression, race

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34273236-little-fires-everywhere

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, American Dream, class, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, gender, identity, love, morality, race

The Power by Naomi Alderman (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29751398-the-power

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: dystopian, fiction, gender, justice, morality, oppression, politics, revolution, social criticism

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15796700-americanah

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, fiction, gender, identity, immigration, race, search for self

The Hearts of Men by Nickolas Butler (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30531538-the-hearts-of-men

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, gender, identity, love, morality, search for self

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25330108-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: assimilation, class, colonialism/imperialism, economics, gender, justice, morality, non-fiction, nonconformity, oppression, politics, race, revolution, social criticism

Rabbit Run by John Updike (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85386.Rabbit_Run

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, American Dream, class, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, gender, identity, search for self, sexuality, sports

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30555488-the-underground-railroad

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, fiction, gender, historical, identity, oppression, race

Existentialism and Romantic Love by Skye Cleary (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23490312-existentialism-and-romantic-love

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, alienation, existentialism, gender, identity, love, morality, non-fiction, philosophy, search for self, sexuality

Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education by Mychal Denzel Smith (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26195970-invisible-man-got-the-whole-world-watching

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, education, gender, identity, justice, media, memoir, mental health, morality, non-fiction, nonconformity, oppression, politics, race, search for self, sexuality, social criticism

Look at Me by Jennifer Egan (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774726.Look_at_Me

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, American Dream, consumerism, coping with trauma/loss, fame, fiction, gender, identity, media, morality, perception/truth/subjectivity, psychology, search for self, sexuality, social media

Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24040176-negroland

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, family, gender, historical, identity, memoir, mental health, non-fiction, race, search for self

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