Speak UP

A Gallery of Works to #ReadUP

Biography
& Memoir
F O R D H AM U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S

FLESH AND SPIRIT:

CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG
LORD
Felipe Luciano

ISBN: 9781531504489

Luciano's experiences serve as a powerful reminder of

the significance of raising one’s voice against injustice,
actively promoting change, and leveraging personal
influence to create a constructive impact within society.
His journey resonates with the overarching #SpeakUP
theme.

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O H I O S T AT E U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S

I WOULD MEET YOU

ANYWHERE: A MEMOIR
Susan Kiyo Ito

ISBN: 978-0-8142-5883-5

As part of our growing list centering adoptee stories, this

complex and powerful memoir by a biracial Japanese
American adoptee takes on themes of racial and cultural
identity, shared generational trauma, reproductive choice,
and everyone’s right to understand their own origins.

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S T AT E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W Y O R K P R E S S

DIASPORIC BLACKNESS: THE

LIFE AND TIMES OF ARTURO
ALFONSO SCHOMBURG
Vanessa K. Valdés

ISBN: 9781438465142

This first book-length examination of Schomburg's life as

an Afro-Latino suggests new ways of understanding the
intersections of both Blackness and latinidad. Diasporic
Blackness also helped inspire and shape the Metropolitan
Museum of Art’s exhibit, “Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic
Painter,” which Vanessa Valdés co-curated, about the
formerly enslaved Puerto Rican painter whose work was
recovered by Schomburg.

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Black Studies
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

THE SISTERHOOD: HOW A

NETWORK OF BLACK WOMEN
WRITERS CHANGED AMERICAN
CULTURE
Courtney Thorsson

ISBN: 9780231204729

The Sisterhood tells the story of how a remarkable

community of Black women writers (Toni Morrison, Alice
Walker, Ntozake Shange, Audre Lorde, Paule Marshall,
Margo Jefferson, and others) transformed American
writing and cultural institutions.

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 U N I V E R S I T Y O F N O R T H C AR O L I N A P R E S S

BLACK FOOD JUSTICE

Ashanté Reese & Hanna Garth, series editors
Lucas Church, acquiring editor

ISBN: 9781469675077

Introducing the Black Food Justice series: new

scholarship exploring Black studies and critical food
studies, unveiling the intersection of Blackness and food.
Delve into the transformative power of food, and its
connection to Black thought, liberation, and identity.

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UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

A SEAT AT THE TABLE:

BLACK WOMEN PUBLIC
INTELLECTUALS IN US
HISTORY AND CULTURE
Edited by Hettie V. Williams & Melissa Ziobro

ISBN: 9781496847522

To date, major volumes on American intellectual history

tend to exclude the words, ideas, and contributions of
Black women’s intellectual history. A Seat at the Table
seeks to fill this void.

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

SHATTERED: FRAGMENTS OF
A BLACK LIFE
Matthieu Chapman

ISBN: 9781952271922

A profoundly moving and engrossing memoir that

challenges narratives of racial progress and post-racial
America.

“Every so often, a book comes along that changes the

way we see, speak, and think about the world. Shattered
is one of those books.”—Frank B. Wilderson, III

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Business
 N AT I O N A L AC A D E M I E S P R E S S

ADVANCING ANTIRACISM,
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND
INCLUSION IN STEMM
ORGANIZATIONS: BEYOND
BROADENING PARTICIPATION
IMAGE HERE Committee on Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in
STEM Organizations
Edited by Gilda A. Barabino, Susan T. Fiske, Layne A. Scherer & Emily A.
Vargas
ISBN: 9780309696692

This book explores the systemic barriers that minoritized

racial and ethnic groups face in higher education and
workforce, and outlines actions that organizations can
take to support a culture and climate of inclusion, thriving,
and success.

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U N I V E R S I T Y O F C H I C AG O P R E S S

THE BLACK CEILING: HOW

RACE STILL MATTERS IN THE
ELITE WORKPLACE
Kevin Woodson

ISBN: 9780226828725

Kevin Woodson’s The Black Ceiling speaks up about

workplace inequality by offering a revelatory assessment
of office culture that presents a new explanation for
understanding a pernicious problem in many work
environments: racial discomfort.

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C AM B R I D G E U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S

UNWIRED: GAINING CONTROL

OVER ADDICTIVE
TECHNOLOGIES
Gaia Bernstein

ISBN: 9781009257930

Our society has a technology problem. Unwired offers a

novel solution to technology addiction through legal
action, describing a grassroots movement already in
action to pressure the technology industry to redesign its
products, and allow us to finally gain control.

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Disability
Studies
 B AY L O R U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S

STUDIES IN RELIGION,
THEOLOGY, AND
DISABILITY
Sarah J. Melcher, Amos Yong & John Swinton, series editors
Cade Jarrell, managing editor

Baylor University Press’ Studies in Religion, Theology,

and Disability series spotlights important issues pertaining
to communities of people with disabilities, often neglected
or unacknowledged, within the sphere of faith-practice.

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UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS

DISPATCHES FROM DISABLED

COUNTRY
Catherine Frazee
Edited by Christine Kelly & Michael Orsini

ISBN: 9780774868686

Change requires all of us to #SpeakUp, to unshackle from

dominant narratives that equate disability with incapacity,
tragedy, and loss. Catherine Frazee's writings kickstart
that process by revealing what has been unfolding for
decades just under the radar of ableist society.

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U N I V E R S I T Y O F M AN I T O B A P R E S S

LETTERS WITH SMOKIE:

BLINDNESS AND MORE-THAN-
HUMAN RELATIONS
Rod Michalko & Dan Goodley, with Smokie

ISBN: 9781772840339

In funny, heartfelt letters between Rod Michalko’s late

guide dog Smokie and scholar Dan Goodley, disability is
reconceptualized as an opportunity to challenge the
divide between human and animal, re-evaluate cultural
misunderstandings, and explore new perspectives.

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