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Liang Qichao, Peter Zarrow

Thoughts from the Ice-Drinker's Studio: Essays on China and the World

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Edward W. Said

Orientalism

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Marga Ortigas

There are No Falling Stars in China: and Other Life Lessons from a recovering Journalist

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Black Girl, No Magic: reflections on race and respectability
Kimberly McIntosh

Black Girl, No Magic: reflections on race and respectability

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Intimations
Zadie Smith

Intimations

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The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives
Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives

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Unfree Speech
Joshua Wong

Unfree Speech

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Sista Sister
Candice Brathwaite

Sista Sister

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A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart
Martin Luther King Jr.

A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart

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The Most Dammed Country in the World
Dai Qing

The Most Dammed Country in the World

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Decoding the World
Arvind Gupta and Po Bronson

Decoding the World

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Growing up Aboriginal in Australia
Anita Heiss

Growing up Aboriginal in Australia

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What Happened?
Hanif Kureishi

What Happened?

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Book cover of 'Ain't I A Woman?' featuring text from Sojourner Truth's speeches with a blue background, published by Penguin Books.
Sojourner Truth

Ain't I A Woman?

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Ko Aotearoa Tatou I We Are New Zealand
Michelle Elvy, Paula Morris & James Norcliffe

Ko Aotearoa Tatou I We Are New Zealand

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Pop Song
Larissa Pham

Pop Song

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Murakami T
Haruki Murakami

Murakami T

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Whites
REVIEWED
Otegha Uwagba

Whites

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Stride Toward Freedom
Martin Luther King Jr.

Stride Toward Freedom

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Letters to my White Male Friends
Dax-Devlon Ross

Letters to my White Male Friends

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Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino

Trick Mirror

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maar bidi: next generation black writing
Elfie Shiosaki and Linda Martin

maar bidi: next generation black writing

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Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell
Perumal Murugan

Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell

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On Being Included
Sara Ahmed

On Being Included

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Gifts of Gravity and Light
Anita Roy

Gifts of Gravity and Light

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Everyone Versus Racism
Patrick Hutchinson

Everyone Versus Racism

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New Kings of the World
Fatima Bhutto

New Kings of the World

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Shades of Black
Nathalie Etoké

Shades of Black

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Languages of Truth
Salman Rushdie

Languages of Truth

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You Are Your Best Thing
Tarana Burke & Brené Brown

You Are Your Best Thing

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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Tatum

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

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Girl
Kenya Hunt

Girl

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Entertaining Race
Michael Eric Dyson

Entertaining Race

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Black Love Matters
Jessica P. Pryde

Black Love Matters

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Growing up Asian in Australia
Alice Pung

Growing up Asian in Australia

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You Don't Know Us Negroes and other essays
Zora Neale Hurston

You Don't Know Us Negroes and other essays

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Nga Kete Matauranga
Jacinta Ruru & Linda Waimarie Nikora

Nga Kete Matauranga

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Just Us (US edition)
Claudia Rankine

Just Us (US edition)

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How to Ride a Train to Ulaanbaatar and Other Essays
Josephine V. Roque

How to Ride a Train to Ulaanbaatar and Other Essays

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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

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The Trayvon Generation
Elizabeth Alexander

The Trayvon Generation

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Travelling While Black
Nanjala Nyabola

Travelling While Black

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Work. Love. Body.
Jamila Rizvi and Helen McCabe

Work. Love. Body.

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Tears We Cannot Stop
Michael Eric Dyson

Tears We Cannot Stop

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Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be
Nichole Perkins

Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be

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Essays in Zen Buddhism
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Essays in Zen Buddhism

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Black Nerd Problems
William Evans and Omar Holmon

Black Nerd Problems

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The Creative Gene
Hideo Kojima

The Creative Gene

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