Whatcha Readin’?
August 24, 2009 by Marc Lamont Hill

Here are some books that I’ve been (re)reading recently:
Ethnicity Inc. by John L. and Jean Comaroff
The Real Hiphop: Battling for Knowledge, Power, and Respect in the LA Underground by Marcyliena Morgan
Righteous Dopefiend by Philip Bourgois
Bookmarks: Reading in Black and White by Karla F.C. Holloway
We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity by bell hooks
The Making of Literate Societies by David R. Olson & Nancy Torrance (eds.)
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11 Comments
1. Rochelle Spencer wrote:
Ok–you’re reading A LOT more nonfiction than I am. I just finished Asali Solomon’s wonderful short story collection Get Down, and now I’m reading Victor LaValle’s Big Machine, Colson Whitehead’s Sag Harbor, and Melville’s Moby Dick…It’s taking me a while to get through the LaValle & Whitehead b/c I admire them so much as writers that I keep re-reading sentences/passages that strike me as particularly interesting or inspired…For the opposite reason, it’s taking me FOREVER to get through Melville. I know it’s a classic, but I don’t understand the constant divergences and what they add to the story?????
August 24, 2009 @ 12:28 pm2. Tara wrote:
I haven’t had my nose in a book in about two weeks. Most of my reading is online via blogs (and admittedly, Twitter).
BUT! I will be checking out Andrea Baptiste Schlesinger’s The Death of Why: The Decline of Questioning and the Future of Democracy this weekend.
The Real HipHop sounds interesting. To that point, have you seen This Is The Life documentary about South Central LA’s underground hip-hop scene? Good stuff.
August 24, 2009 @ 12:37 pm3. Mario wrote:
The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto
August 24, 2009 @ 12:41 pm4. Jarrett wrote:
Love the Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance by Janet R. Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini
August 24, 2009 @ 12:52 pm5. james wrote:
du fu: a life in poetry, edited by david young
jules verne 20000 leagues under the sea, the naval press edition
August 24, 2009 @ 1:13 pm6. liz caponi wrote:
Thomas a Kempis’ “Of the Imitation of Christ” I keep trying. And my guitar effects processor handbook–keep trying w that too. BTW Good luck on the physical and spiritual cleansing! Hope it doesn’t mean you’ve sworn off Red Eye!
August 24, 2009 @ 1:15 pm7. Tina Kubala wrote:
What? No novels? I’m reading The Shipping News. Just finished The Kite Runner. Not sure what’s on deck.
August 24, 2009 @ 3:00 pm8. MLL wrote:
SUM – Forty Tales from the Afterlives – David Eagleman
Just ordered – awaiting shipment:
1. Body, Self and Soul – Dr’s Rosenberg & Rand
2. Never Satisfied – Baisden – thx to DC
9. Glenn E. Porter wrote:
Letters to a Young Brother by Hill Harper
August 25, 2009 @ 10:01 am10. zak wrote:
Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtry
August 25, 2009 @ 1:25 pm11. Mrs. Rivers wrote:
The Mystical Journey from Jesus to Christ – Dr. Muata Ashby
Stolen Legacy – Dr. Asa Hilliard
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