we read to know we're not alone
Reading is the pursuit of knowledge and self-determination. It provides critical thinking skills and the ability to gain knowledge and discover new information. Books provide personal enrichment and assists in expanding one's worldview. By learning what others like to read helps build community and provides an intimate portal into the lives of others.
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Redemption Row wants to share with you some of our favorite reads
Jen Abreu
Executive Director
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"Assata" by: Assata Shakur
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"Violence" by: Dr. James Gilligan
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"The Will to Change" by: bell hooks
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"Prison Masculinities" by: Sabo, Kupers, & London
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"The Green Wall" by: D.J. Vodicka
kevin boltz
research/investigator
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"Unfollw Me: Essays on Complicity" by: Jill Louise Busby
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"Breath" by: James Nestor
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"The Black Friend on Being a Better White Person" by: Frederick Joseph
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"Hood Feminism" by: Mikki Kendall
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"California Criminal Law" by: John E.B. Myers
conan minihan
data analyst
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"The Body Keeps the Score" by: Bessel Van der Kolk
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"The Four Agreements" by:Don Miguel Ruiz
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"Algorithms of Oppresion" by: Safiya Noble
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"Moneyball" by: Michael Lewis
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"Homo Deus" by: Yuval Noah Harari
cameron morris
operations director
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"Malcolm X" by: Malcolm X
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"The Spook Who Sat by the Door" by: Sam Greenlee
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"Message to the Black Man in America" by: Elijah Muhammed
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"Green Eggs and Ham" by: Dr. Seuss
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"Black God: An Anthology of the Truth" by: Supreme Understanding and Various Authors
joel baptiste
director of programming
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"A Man's Search for Meaning" by: Viktor E. Frankl
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"The Count of Monte Cristo" by: Alexandre Dumas
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"We Should All Be Feminists" by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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"Les Miserables" by: Victor Hugo
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"The Real World" by: Ferris & Stein
jenny guinn
administrative secretary
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"All About Love" by: bell hooks
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"Race After Technology" by: Ruha Benjamin
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"All That She Carried" by: Tiya Miles
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"Becoming Abolitionists" by: Derecka Purnell
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"Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science" by: Jessica Hernandez, PhD
dr. Mohamed elnakib, psy.d
chief psychologist
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"Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practing Resistance in Palestine" by: Lara & Stephen Sheehi
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"The Happiness Trap" by: Russ Harris
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"Black Skin, White Masks" by: Frantz Fanon
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"White Fragility" by: Robin Diangelo
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"Blind Spot" by: Mahzarin Banaji & Anthony Greenwald
jim daly
grant writer + paralegal
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"Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents" by: Lindsay C. Gibson Psy,D
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"How to Make Money in Stocks" by: William O'Neil
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"Writing to Win" by: Steven D. Stark
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"The Rookies Guide to Options" by: Mark D. Wolfinger
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"Cesar Millan's Short Guide to a Happy Dog" by: Cesar Millan
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"Create Your Own Hedgefund" by: Mark D. Wolfinger
dr. kara placek, pH.d.
development officer
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"A Lie Too Big to Fail" by: Lisa Pease
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"The New Jim Crow": by: Michelle Alexander
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"High Magick" by Damien Echols
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"Assata" by: Assata Shakur
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"Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents" by: Lindsay C. Gibson Psy,D
Karen fleming
parole attorney
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"Beyond Anger" by: Thomas Harbin
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"Selfish Brain" by: Robert Dupont
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"G-Dog and the Homeboys" by: Celeste Fremon
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"My Grandmother's Hands" by: Resmaa Menakem
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"Beyond Betrayal" by Richard B. Gartner
jesse hollywood
member
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"The Laws of Success" by: Napoleon Hill
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"Think and Grow Rich" by: Napoleon Hill
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"Crime and Punishment" by: Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"Super Mob" by: Gus Russo
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"The Brothers Karamazov" by: Fyodor Dostoevsky