Speculative Fiction and Sci-Fi

Speculative Fiction and Sci-Fi

November 2021 Books

Persuade, Don’t Preach: Restoring Civility Across the Political Divide

By Karen Tibbals. Ethical Frames LLC, 2020. 199 pages. $12.99/paperback; $7.99/eBook. Persuade, Don’t Preach offers a fresh look at the…

Reviewed by Tom and Sandy Farley

November 2021 Books

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics and Beyond the Two-State Solution

By Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick. The New Press, 2021. 240 pages. $25.99/hardcover or eBook. By Jonathan Kuttab. Nonviolence…

Reviewed by Steve Chase

November 2021 Books

Dispatches from the Race War

By Tim Wise. City Lights Books, 2020. 352 pages. $17.95/paperback or eBook. I recently read a letter to the editor…

Reviewed by Patience Schenck

November 2021 Books

Quakerism in the Atlantic World, 1690–1830

Edited by Robynne Rogers Healey. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021. 288 pages. $89.95/hardcover; $39.99/eBook. This is the third volume…

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

November 2021 Books

The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights

By Dorothy Wickenden. Scribner, 2021. 400 pages. $30/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. Context is vital to understanding stories of our past that inform…

Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson

November 2021 Books

Messengers of Encouragement: Stories to Help Us Listen, Support, and Believe in One Another and Pax

By David Hagstrom. Dancing Moon Press, 2021. 150 pages. $14.95/paperback. By Annie Lighthart. Fernwood Press, 2021. 90 pages. $16/paperback. To…

Reviewed by Michael S. Glaser

Viewpoint

Toward a More Inclusive Society

With God’s help, let’s build a community where all can be safe. Emelyn Buskirk

Edward Watson Wood Jr.

Wood—Edward Watson Wood Jr., 96, on April 12, 2021, peacefully at home in Denver, Colo. Ed was born on December…

Edward Franklin Turco

Turco—Edward Franklin Turco, 76, on March 28, 2021, peacefully, with his wife of 40 years, Denise, by his side at…

Nancy Morse Samelson

Samelson—Nancy Morse Samelson, 100, on August 15, 2020, peacefully, at a care home in Sunnyvale, Calif. Nancy was born on…

Susan Jane Freedman Ross

Ross—Susan Jane Freedman Ross, 76, on March 22, 2018, at a convalescent home in Alamo, Calif. Susan was born on…

Elizabeth S. Mosley

Mosley—Elizabeth S. Mosley, 97, on July 12, 2021, in Jenkintown, Pa. Liz was born on August 11, 1923, to Helen…
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