Category: Book Synopses

This past weekend All of Us or None Publishing hosted a book release event at Rutgers University’s Center for Law and Justice in celebration of Rutger’s alma mater, Tia Ryans and Karen Kaplan’s new book Your Journey Behind the Cell: Pre-Release Manual for People Incarcerated in New Jersey. This manual consolidates the stories of several […]
Marc Lamont Hill Book Response  NOBODY Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond   I read this book during my plane ride back to Seattle from Detroit. The experience of doing so almost felt surreal as I’d just left my hometown and witnessed the phenomena that I was reading […]
Book Review “Am I the man I used to be?…If so, how? If not, why? The true question is who do I move forward as? (24)” This is a question that many of us face at multiple points throughout our lives, transition is critical for growth. As we transition we are required to make difficult […]
“Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children” -Malcom X Malcom X is probably still shouting this at us from his grave today. As an advocate for freedom schools within the Black community, every time I go home to Detroit it gives me the opportunity to reflect on how my growing up in […]
This is a good read for someone in the middle of a life transition. As a newly graduated college student with a Bachelorette Degree, moving out of the university setting and into the ‘real world’ Stella’s ability to handle life’s unexpected turns and twists is motivating and inspiring. Terry McMillan wrote this book in order […]