Books – Page 54 – People's World

“Redefining Realness”: Janet Mock’s compelling memoir about gender, race, identity

March 5, 2014 By Elyse Vesser

I sat down last weekend, intending to read for 30 minutes or so, and ended up devouring Redefining Realness cover-to-cover in five hours.

Today in black history: Malcolm X assassinated

February 21, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Malcolm became an influential figure to many African-Americans and supporters of civil rights and equality, and continues to be so today.

We Shall Be Free!: Black Communist Protest in Seven Voices

February 12, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

In his preface, Walter T. Howard writes that, he hopes to "break new ground in the scholarship of the African American left."

For Valentine’s Day, a love poem

February 12, 2014 By Christopher D. Sims

I wrote this poem while sitting at a bookstore in Rockford, IL. In a creative mood, I heard a woman's voice - the rest is history.

“Empire’s Ally: Canada and the War in Afghanistan”

January 30, 2014 By Conn Hallinan

"Empire's Ally: Canada and the War in Afghanistan," by Klassen and Greg Albo, asks the question, "Why did the Canadian government go to war in Afghanistan in 2001?"