Monthly Archives: October 2011

From Manhattan to Mumbai: Wrestling with the Issues of Our Time

by Katherine Boo, author of the forthcoming Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity (Random House, February 2012).  Request an advanced reader’s copy, details below.* As jobs and capital whip around the planet, college students will graduate … Continue reading

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A Message from Anita Hill

  by Anita HIll, author of Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home (Beacon Press, 2011) It’s hard to believe that almost two decades have passed since the dramatic Clarence Thomas Senate confirmation hearing that had such an impact on … Continue reading

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