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How to Be a Warrior for Childhood

Leaving time for curiosity, joy, and imagination.

Jennifer Arnest

The Slave Who Went to Congress

By Marti Rosner and Frye Gaillard, illustrated by Jordana Haggard. NewSouth Books, 2020. 32 pages. $18.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 8–12.…

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

Wellsprings of Life: Quaker Wisdom in Chant

By Paulette Meier. Self-released (paulettemeier.com), 2020. 19 tracks. $15/CD; $10/digital download. After ten years, Quaker vocalist Paulette Meier is back,…

Reviewed by William Shetter

Mary Dyer’s Hymn and Other Quaker Poems

By Stanford Searl. The Poetry Box, 2019. 48 pages. $12/paperback. In Mary Dyer’s Hymn and Other Quaker Poems, Stanford Searl…

Reviewed by Michael S. Glaser

The Guided Life: Finding Purpose in Troubled Times

By Craig Barnett. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2019. 80 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. What does it signify to live a…

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

Elizabeth Jackson Leighton Lamborn

Lamborn—Elizabeth Jackson Leighton Lamborn, 81, on May 27, 2019, at home in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pa. Betty was born…

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Quaker Schools Transforming the World

Friends schools face the challenges of societal changes.

Deborra Sines Pancoe and Elisabeth Torg

Margaret Lou Laughlin Guthrie

Guthrie—Margaret Lou Laughlin Guthrie, 90, on April 26, 2019, at home in Estes Park, Colo. Margaret was born on February…

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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

By David W. Blight. Simon & Schuster, 2018. 912 pages. $37.50/hardcover; $22/paperback; $14.99/eBook.

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams.

Slavery in the Quaker World

Christian slavery and White supremacy.

Katharine Gerbner