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Anne Appelbaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism: ( a rightwinger looks at the current crisis )

Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together: ( hanging separately because we can't hang together )

Virginia DeJohn Anderson, Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America: ( I learned a lot about livestock )

Michael W. Twitty, The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South: ( race, place, history )

Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents: ( Caste as structuring life in the US )

Maria Konnikova, The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win:( poker )

Elizabeth Hinton, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: ( how the cops became the state )

Sarah Kendzior, Hiding in Plain Sight: ( corruption in America )

Martin Senftleben, The Copyright / Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection Is Stifling Cultural Creativity: ( Free Mickey )

Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems: ( lots of discombobulated drawings )

Jen Gunter, The Menopause Manifesto: ( Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask )

Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America: ( doesn't lack for boldness )

Sarah Chayes, On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake: ( also corruption in America )

E. Charlotte Stevens, Fanvids: Television, Women, and Home Media Re-Use: ( vids! )

Anjali Vats, The Color of Creatorship: Intellectual Property, Race, and the Making of Americans: ( citizenship and IP )