August 2021 Books

August 2021 Books

Quakerism: The Basics

By Margery Post Abbott and Carl Abbott. Routledge, 2021. 208 pages. $115/hardcover; $22.95/paperback; $24.95/eBook. Friends are blessed with a number…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

August 2021 Books

My Name Is Why

By Lemn Sissay. Canongate Books, 2020. 224 pages. $24/hardcover; $16/paperback; $13.29/eBook. “At fourteen I tattooed the initials of what I…

Reviewed by Harvey Gillman

August 2021 Books

This Tilted World Is Where I Live: New and Selected Poems, 1962-2020

By Henry Taylor. LSU Press, 2020. 216 pages. $50/hardcover; $29.95/paperback or eBook. The publication of a collection of new and…

Reviewed by Michael S. Glaser

August 2021 Books

Dancing in God’s Earthquake: The Coming Transformation of Religion

By Rabbi Arthur Ocean Waskow. Orbis Books, 2020. 232 pages. $25/paperback; $20.50/eBook. In the advance praise inside the front cover…

Reviewed by William Shetter

August 2021 Books

Data Action: Using Data for Public Good

By Sarah Williams. MIT Press, 2020. 312 pages. $39.95/hardcover; $24.99/eBook. The intended focus of Data Action is described on the…

Reviewed by Arthur David Olson and J.E. McNeil

August 2021 Books

Aging with Agency: Building Resilience, Confronting Challenges, and Navigating Eldercare

By Sandi Peters. North Atlantic Books, 2020. 304 pages. $17.95/paperback; $12.99/eBook. Aging with Agency is a valuable field guide for…

Reviewed by Brad Sheeks

August 2021 Books

Birth of a Dancing Star: My Journey from Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian

By Ilia Delio. Orbis Books, 2019. 240 pages. $24/paperback; $19.50/eBook. Over the last 20 years, Ilia Delio has written books…

Reviewed by Rob Pierson

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Quakerism: The Basics

August 1, 2021

My Name Is Why

August 1, 2021

This Tilted World Is Where I Live: New and Selected Poems, 1962-2020

August 1, 2021