{"id":25463,"date":"2024-05-17T17:56:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-news\/?p=25463"},"modified":"2024-05-17T17:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:56:32","slug":"books-spring-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/books-spring-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Books: Spring 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CoverEven the River Starts Small: A Collection of Stories from the Movement to Stop Line 3<\/em><\/h3>\n

Published by Dio Cramer \u201919 and Haze (Emma) Harrison \u201921
\n<\/strong>(Haymarket Books, 2024)<\/p>\n

This 300-page collection published by Dio Cramer \u201919 and Haze (Emma) Harrison \u201921 features anonymous writing, art, and photos spanning nearly a decade, capturing diverse experiences in the grassroots resistance against the tar sands oil pipeline in northern Minnesota. The anthology team began the project in fall 2021. The first edition of the book was distributed for free as a gift to those involved in the resistance. \u201cThis was a meaningful way to give back to the diverse community of people involved in the fight and to celebrate the power of storytelling as a way to commemorate social movements,\u201d say Harrison and Cramer. \u201cWe were both heavily involved in the movement to stop Line 3 throughout our time at Mac and had the opportunity to translate what we were learning in the classroom about decolonization and grassroots movements into action.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Saint of Everything<\/em><\/h3>\n

by Deborah Keenan \u201974
\n<\/strong>(Lynx House Press, 2023)<\/p>\n

\"Cover\"Deborah<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the Old Songs
\n<\/em>The guy walked past singing white bird in a golden cage on a winter\u2019s day in the rain<\/em>. One of the old songs, by the group It\u2019s a Beautiful Day. Whatever songs the radio assigns me, whatever songs strangers sing as they pass me, those are my songs for the day. This is my creed, my gospel, my way of trying to stay in the world I was born into. I sang the song doing the dishes that night, and it felt right singing white bird in a golden cage, on a winter\u2019s day in the rain. It was winter, I was white, as I always would be, I understood myself to be in a golden cage, large enough to live a whole life in. I understood it was a beautiful day, and I lived the song in my body and mind that whole beautiful day.<\/p>\n

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Global Anti-Asian Racism<\/em><\/h3>\n

Edited by Jennifer Ho
\n<\/strong>(Columbia University Press, 2024)<\/p>\n

\"Cover\"Dr.<\/p>\n

Dr. Rivi Handler-Spitz, associate professor and chair of Asian languages and cultures, contributed to Global Anti-Asian Racism, and she also created the book\u2019s cover.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be part of this volume,\u201d she says. \u201cThe past several years have seen a sharp uptick in the number and severity of anti-Asian hate crimes. This volume, which brings together the work of scholars in many fields, addresses the history of anti-Asian hate, its root causes, and the resilience of Asian diasporic communities worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her chapter, \u201cSavage Script: How Chinese Writing Became Barbaric,\u201d grew out of her course \u201cThe Art of Writing in China.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy student, Maya Schaefer-Fiello \u201923, did a series of graphic responses that allowed me to appreciate more fully the visual richness of the material,\u201d she says. \u201cThe classroom conversations among students also inspired me to return to the material and probe it more deeply.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"CoverLes Hunter \u201901, Carolyn M. Dunn, and Eric Micha Holmes, editors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Decentered Playwriting: Alternative Techniques for the Stage
\n<\/em>(Routledge, 2023)<\/p>\n

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\"CoverBrent Neilsen \u201991. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Joy Cycle: The Surprising Science Behind Leading a More Fulfilling Life
\n<\/em>(Able Leadership Consulting, 2023)<\/p>\n

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\"CoverMarisella Veiga \u201979 and Lowis Carlton. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Famous Florida Recipes: Centuries of Good Eating in the Sunshine State
\n<\/em>(Pineapple Press, 2023)<\/p>\n

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\"CoverAndru Peters \u201963. <\/strong><\/p>\n

History of Camp Lakeview National Guard Training Camp 1881-1931, Lake City, Minnesota
\n<\/em>(Dorrance Publishing Co., 2023)<\/p>\n

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\"CoverMarie Veronica \u201cRon\u201d Wu (Ron de Beaulieu) \u201909. <\/strong><\/p>\n

St. Paul Murder & Mayhem
\n<\/em>(Arcadia Publishing, 2023)<\/p>\n

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\"CoverWalter Greason, DeWitt Wallace Professor of History, and Danian Darrell Jerry, editors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Illmatic Consequences: The Clapback to Opponents of \u2018Critical Race Theory\u2019
\n<\/em>(Universal Write Publications, 2023)<\/p>\n

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\"CoverEric D. Carter, Edens Professor of Geography. <\/strong><\/p>\n

In Pursuit of Health Equity: A History of Latin American Social Medicine
\n<\/em>(University of North Carolina Press, 2023)<\/p>\n

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\"CoverDianna Hunter \u201971. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Clouded Waters
\n<\/em>(Holy Cow! Press, 2023)<\/p>\n

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\"CoverBen Barry \u201999. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Star Born
\n<\/em>(Drabar Publishing, 2024)<\/p>\n

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Email book publication news to mactoday@macalester.edu<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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